[Lestat]

There's been a lot of talk on here about morality, what is moral, and so on. I'm curious what role people think morality played in the evolutionary development of human beings?

Let's face it... Nature is cruel and merciless. Witness a pride of lions attacking a single over size prey. Or a black widow spider that eats its mate. How about that insect which paralyzes a catipillar and lays its eggs inside the body so the larvae will eat their way out devouring the catipillar alive for nourishment.

Morality seems to have no place for any other species but man. Why is that?

My personal belief is that man is best suited for survival in large numbers. The most intelligent man will struggle if left alone. So man is a serious pack animal and must have morals so as not to alienate too large a part of the pack at any one time.

Heh... I'm not a scientist, philosopher, or anyone degreed to talk about such things. But I like to ponder them in my own ignorant ways. I'd appreciate if anyone with more knowledge on this could enlighten me. Thanks.