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This is ridiculous.
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Firstly, I happen think your idea of morality is pretty ridiculous, but I tried to be polite. Since you'll eventually realize you have a losing hand, you might want to be polite too. [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]
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If I'm stronger than you I can take you down and own all the women in the area.
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It's a good thing we, as an intelligent species, realized that we don't really like the idea of someone stronger coming by and "taking us down," so we apply social consequence to restrict the behavior. The (social and natural) evolutionary ramification ensues. But it stems from a belief that has tangible merit. That taking people down because you're physically stronger is not productive for a society of human beings.
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How does that resemble morals?
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Because I don't think it's "morally good" to take you down and steal your chics? I'm not really sure what you're asking.
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Moreover, viruses and
memes don't have to do good to anyone to survive. They survive because they can.
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Does all of existence really revolve around human beings? A virus doesn't have to do "good" in the way we interpret "good" to survive if it is equipped to handle our attempts to kill it. If we couple kill the HIV virus, wouldn't we?
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Religion is a perfect example. So is the common cold.
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I didn't realize we were at the evolutionary finish line. What makes you think the burdens you observe won't die out eventually?
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We design our moral/ethical code.
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How exactly do we do this? Do we close our eyes and make a wish? Or do we merely live and make decisions according to what seems most pleasing?
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But the thing here is that not all human beings share the same interests/purposes, especially in the sense that we can be selfish and want something for ourselves when that means someone else won't have it.
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Equilibrium ensues. If that person can't get it, why should he have it? That seems chaotic to me.
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This is the main reason why there are different moral/ethical codes within the human population.
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I would argue that bias is the reason.