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Religious Institutions and the Evolution of Morality
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Religious institutions have played an instrumental role in expanding our moral circles beyond our immediate tribe, enabling cooperation on a larger scale and fostering the cultural evolution of morality. The significance lies in the fact that religion has historically facilitated the coordination of larger groups of people, which has paved the way for human advancements such as farming, and it continues to shape our moral mind today.
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Religious institutions have been instrumental in expanding our moral circles by promoting practices and rituals that encompass people who belong to their same religious tribe, thereby paving the way for the cultural evolution of morality.
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Summary
Religious institutions have been instrumental in expanding our moral circles by promoting practices and rituals that encompass people who belong to their same religious tribe, thereby paving the way for the cultural evolution of morality. Religion, with its emphasis on social coordination, has helped humans cooperate on a larger scale to accomplish common goals like farming.