> I hypothesize that morality was initially invented to subdue the masses into servitude [...] I would suggest that nothing was invented, it just happened. It'

> I hypothesize that morality was initially invented to subdue the masses into servitude [...] I would suggest that nothing was invented, it just happened. It's something between a necessity for and a side effect of the evolution of social structures in a species. In order to reap the benefits of social cooperation in a species, evolution has to find a solution to the free rider problem as cooperation isn't stable otherwise, and morality is that solution, which also can be found in species other than humans.