Morals must be based on rational thought; otherwise they are not morals, but superstitions. Moral behavior is survival behavior, for both the individual and the society.
Wolf, off the top of my head, was this the case of the guy who cut the eyes out of both his daughters with a knife "because he saw the devil there" before surrendering? The older daughter said, "Please don't hurt my daddy," as she groped her way out of the house he was barricaded in.
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Wanna stop school shootings? End Gun-Free Zones, of course.
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