Open Mind
Is it possible for a moral to exist outside of religion?
Of course morals can exist outside of religion just as well as immoral behaviour can exist within religion.
No animals are moral. They find nothing wrong with killing for food. They would kill another animal over its mate.
Animal morality would mean what exactly? Empathy? sacrifice? nurturing? play?
That they would kill another over their mate or food makes them different from humans in what way?
Why would humans act with morals from a purely evolutionary perspective?
Let us examine this. If a member of a society kills another fear becomes rampant throughout the community.As a defensive response the person doing the killing is himself dealt with in order that the health of the community could return to the peaceful norm. Revenge could be included if the close family members were to take matters into their own hand. However in those cases where a person is wrongly dealt with for reasons that are numerous then as a defensive maneuver {again} the members of the society may then impose requirements that assure the right person is dealt with. {since it does no good to deal with the wrong person as the original problem remains} .
Since a society requires a certain amount of order in which the collective good can be assured then the evolutionary reasons should be obvious.
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