Marc Hauser, a Harvard biologist, authored " Moral Minds" ( HarperCollins 2006). In a nutshell, he has postulated we humans are in fact neurologically hardwired for a moral and by extension a happy life. In other words, we all have an innate knowledge of what's right and what's wrong. Professor Hauser states that a moral life works and is more sustainable in the real world therefore evolutionary metaphysics selects for that quality. Of course that doesn't mean that everyone leads a moral life all the time.That thesis is at odds with the generally accepted notion by many that parents and religion are the primary sorce of right and wrong behavior. His thesis also implies a "free will".
I agree with his thesis. From Hesiod through Socrates through Schopenhauer through Buddha and including all who follow the Golden Rule will all probably nod acknowledgement of this basic instinct. It would seem that in man's evolution and with his addiction to tools which include language and money, man has stopped listening to the inner voice and overruled fairness with arrogance and greed. Use a tool ,lose your place.
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