[stuartcr]

If we were little more than naked apes, what would be the problem and how would it change things?

[Nosterrex]

It would have a huge impact upon society. Morality or ethics does not exist in nature. Animals do not worry about animal rights. It is simply based upon the fang and claw or survival of the fitest. A species exists by being selfish. If human beings were nothing more than naked apes, there would no altruism. People would never act contrary to their own self-interest, and they certainly would not sacrifice for a stranger. It is contrary to nature to care for the weak or sick a in society. There have been societies that have developed a social Darwinism that have sought to eliminate what hey believed to be inferiors, such as the mentally retarded, and Jews.