When I look around today I can't find anyplace in the world where so many people of different backgrounds can live together with so much hope and harmony. But there are many times in the past when I wouldn't have said that about European civilization.
So what role does our formal system of morality play? I don't know - and I was conscious of not knowing when I posted both replies. I know that I have never received any instruction whatsoever in our system - no bible training, no classes in school - yet I am by most measures a very moral man.
Cordially,