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That question is starting with the assumption that peacefulness is beneficial to a gene pool. We do not need to fall back on a thought that evolution is a work in progress to explain it because the question itself starts with a wrong premise. We are indeed still raiding villages and committing all sorts of wrongs because they are in fact beneficial to someone. I suppose that while evolution may favor some moral codes over others it need not produce a moral code that is any more than beneficial to a gene pool (or more precisely somone's gene pool). The moral codes favored by evolution may in fact be horrible from the perspective of those who are trampled by the fit. There are rights which supercede that which is merely beneficial to a fit persons genes. IMO, God has a plan for a moral code that is superior and perfect. I would add that an evolutionary perspective of moral codes would almost certainly lead some to advance theories of utilitarianism: a cold and ruthless barbarism that would be as adequate as evolution in theory but which in practice is as flawed and evil as the men who practice it.
That question is starting with the assumption that peacefulness is beneficial to a gene pool. We do not need to fall back on a thought that evolution is a work in progress to explain it because the question itself starts with a wrong premise.
We are indeed still raiding villages and committing all sorts of wrongs because they are in fact beneficial to someone.
I suppose that while evolution may favor some moral codes over others it need not produce a moral code that is any more than beneficial to a gene pool (or more precisely somone's gene pool). The moral codes favored by evolution may in fact be horrible from the perspective of those who are trampled by the fit.
There are rights which supercede that which is merely beneficial to a fit persons genes. IMO, God has a plan for a moral code that is superior and perfect.
I would add that an evolutionary perspective of moral codes would almost certainly lead some to advance theories of utilitarianism: a cold and ruthless barbarism that would be as adequate as evolution in theory but which in practice is as flawed and evil as the men who practice it.
