Well this topic is front page again! FF- How prescient were you? It seems that science does have something to say on this topic!

I seem to have been arguing in this thread that moral absolutes (and perhaps even morality) can only exist in the presence of the reaction of others, as really morality is (always) shown as a behaviour towards another person. I do not think that the science has negated that point of view. It seems that morality can indeed be imposed upon others though, as an arbitrary code of conduct, not as a manifestation of divine inspiration.