Reply #6: it's actually silly to think that morality isn't somehow hardwired into our dna

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if you think about it, if morality were really some notion that people had to LEARN, then there would be a LOT more immorality and criminal behavior, because we all know how terrible people are, as a group, at learning, especially social concepts. sure, any one person can learn something, but try to teach an entire society something -- anything -- and you'll get HUGE portions that simply won't learn.

there must be something about the way our brains grow in any remotely normal social environment that CAN'T HELP BUT LEARN some form of morality, with rather rare exceptions.

of course, the theists can always say that's the way god chose to implement morality!