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Originally Posted by Lucem Ferre
When I say evolved I don't mean in a genetic sense, I mean how our understanding of morality has developed. I don't think morality is genetic, I think it's a product of varying things that are genetic that I can't pin point because I'm not a neurologist. I think time has given us the ability to analyze ourselves and gain a better understanding of morality just like it has in many different things.
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it arises as a function of human society (i.e. the tribe) and is based largely on the genetic mechanisms I spoke of.
The extent to which it is variable is the extent to which different human societies sieze in the same instincts to enforce different rules.