Morals - all correct moral laws - derive from the instinct to survive. Moral behavior is survival behavior above the individual level. (Robert A. Heinlein)

Morals - all correct moral laws - derive from the instinct to survive. Moral behavior is survival behavior above the individual level.

Robert A. Heinlein

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