Secular humanism has a problem: the theory of evolution is a powerful explanation of how we came to be, but it also means there’s nothing particularly special about our sense of right and wrong.

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For more details about what secular humanists believe, see the American Humanist Association’s Manifesto: https://americanhumanist.org/what-is-humanism/manifesto3/

Evolutionary scientist Leda Cosmides has done some fascinating work on how the human brain as evolved to, among other things, detect cheating. See, for example, https://www.researchgate.net/publication/20411984_The_Logic_of_Social_Exchange_Has_Natural_Selection_Shaped_How_Humans_Reason/