&gt; Much of our morality and ethics are innate and stem from our nature and evolution as a social species.<p>Where is your evidence for this? It would seem more evident to me that the source I am aware of through my education in history and life experience for teaching of morals and ethics has been religion.<p>Although many here may not be old enough to realize it, countries that are mostly secular not long ago historically speaking had much moral and ethical teaching from their religions.<p>Attributing this to monkeys and innate behavior <i>may</i> account for part, but from what I understand, you could just as easily bring up monkeys in a ruthless environment where it is every monkey for him&#x2F;herself. Having an established organization or organizations that teach morals and ethics is important.