Midterm Question 8

Evolution has given us morals. We have been able to discover right from wrong. We are not going to hit another person because we either fear the retaliation, or we know the pain caused and do not wish it upon our neighbor. We know the feeling of right and wrong. And from that we, as humans, across all cultures, have created punishments for moral wrongdoings like violence, rape, and murder. Thanks to evolution we have a moral sense that controls how we behave amongst our fellow man.

Evolution has also taught people to cooperate and work together to help each other out. Both partners succeed and everyone’s happy. This helps both partners become a part of the efficient that are able to survive. This has also helped our relationships between one another. If you’re nice to your neighbor he’ll help you out.

Along with cooperation, evolution has taught us to work together in a different way. People have learned to provided favors for one another in return for something in the future. This could be by providing food, protection, and help with other needs. This helps the one in need in the present, and the one in need in the future.

My next example goes back to the prime directive. The caveman bonked the girl over the head and dragged her home. This was rape back then. We've evolved since then and court our women with flowers, not clubs. This makes the child raising easier without the difficulty between the two parents. This is how we procreate and live.

Somehow over evolution, we have been able to control a lot of our sexual urges with the emotion of love. Yes, we are still driven by sex and the need to make a copy of ourselves, but we have managed over the years to practice more fidelity. We have learned to be faithful to our partners, whether it is because we are truly and deeply in love or if we do it to better raise our genes and prepare them to pass them on further. There are still animals in the animal kingdom that will "cheat" on their mates. The African songbird females will go and fuck the other male in order to get the better genes, while the other male has no idea and continues to raise the babies as his own. We, as humans, still have the potential to cheat on our mates, but I think we've evolved the emotion of love to help form stronger bonds between mates.