[Physicist]

Your criticism is specious because the distinction that exists between neurology and genetics is not relevant to the discussion.

You specifically said random mutation. Thoughts are manifestly not random, and not the product of mutation. Human morality is a product of human thought and cultural development, irrespective of whether or not humans evolved, and irrespective of whether that evolution resulted from random mutation plus selection.

Is morality anything more than evolutionary advantage?

Of course! It's like any other product of the human intellect, like a song, or a play, or a screwdriver, or a gun, or a model made from Play-Doh. These things serve human purposes, which may or may not pertain to human survival.

As it turns out, moral systems do help us to survive, but they clearly have other purposes besides.

[Pete]

Human morality is a product of human thought and cultural development, irrespective of whether or not humans evolved, and irrespective of whether that evolution resulted from random mutation plus selection.

How did human thought escape the influence of evolution? Where did it come from?

Of course! It's like any other product of the human intellect, like a song, or a play, or a screwdriver, or a gun, or a model made from Play-Doh. These things serve human purposes, which may or may not pertain to human survival.

Are you claiming that human intelligence is anything other than "matter-based"?