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The Evolutionary Origins of Morality
Human beings have a strong moral sense, a belief in what behaviour is right and what is wrong. We may not always agree on exactly what is right, but that there is right and wrong is a universal human sensibility.
Throughout human history there has been continual debate about the nature of this moral sense.
Are our moral faculties developed through reason and then applied to our actions, or are they are based on innate abilities and that we rationalise about them only after the event?