>"serves no evolutionary purpose"?
>Morality helps to convince people to do what's best for
>society, which is good for people as a whole. As an
>evolutionary device, it's a very good one. Without morality,
>we'd all have to be watching our back all the time, and
>nothing would get accomplished.

no society has ever come into power and prosperity because of morality. they've gone into great prosperity or great depression as a part of war. look how screwed up africa is... morality certainly hasn't helped their situation... your argument would imply that they have no morals.. whoever forcefully gains the most power is in control. morality has nothing to do with society's immediate prosperity (as WE know it).

Ultimately the constant earthly conflict is: power vs. morality. The two do not truly coincide peacefully. If the whole world followed their true, innate morality, then yes, it would serve an evolutionary purpose. However, this is not the case, so the result, to me, is a holy purpose. Peace,