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Charles Darwin's Argument Essay: What Is Morality?

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Morality is a trait that is uniquely human. Charles Darwin suggested that when sexual reproduction first evolved animals had to develop codes of behavior that eventually became part of their genetic makeup. These codes of behavior are called morality. There’s more and more of a discussion of how close animals are to human beings and really we’re not at all special. People always say: ‘We thought we were special because we can talk but animals have language too. We thought we were special because we can use tools, but animals use tools too.’ The list is endless. Human beings, like no other animal, have culture, we can exert some control over nature, and we’ve made life-changing inventions. We’ve built cities, nation states, governments, we’ve
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