I am not advocating a morality based on evolution. I am saying how things have evolved. I am not saying how we humans morally ought to behave. (Richard Dawkins)

I am not advocating a morality based on evolution. I am saying how things have evolved. I am not saying how we humans morally ought to behave.

Richard Dawkins

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