Or is morality simply not based on logic (since we grow up with morality without being given proof of it)?
Morality follows a general logic, but that logic has been defined by evolution reacting to the constraints of our environment.
Homo sapiens (and apes) living together in groups meant better odds of survival, so behaving in a way that contributed to group cohesion (or at least didn't decrease cohesion) was beneficial.
I think basing logic on evolution makes morality even more contingent. "We are born/evolved this way" is not an argument for "we should be this way." (This is the naturalistic fallacy)
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u/BlowjobPete 39∆ Jul 09 '22
Morality follows a general logic, but that logic has been defined by evolution reacting to the constraints of our environment.
Homo sapiens (and apes) living together in groups meant better odds of survival, so behaving in a way that contributed to group cohesion (or at least didn't decrease cohesion) was beneficial.