Steamin,

I didn't ask whether there could be a moral atheist. I asked, given that morality is based on ideas of right and wrong, where an atheist gets morality.


I don't think that animal herd behavior is morality. Unlike termites humans are not born with their behaviors hardwired. Humans have to learn to do what is best for their survival and for their societies.

As long as you are bringing Darwin's principles into the discussion, consider this. In human society, do value systems compete as organisms do in nature where those most suited to the existing environment thrive and those that don't whither and are extinguished?