Physical and Moral Evolution

We all understand the general concept of the evolution of species. The matter is barely worthy of dispute, other than as to how it took place. The principal concern today is moral evolution in an imperfect world. Not towards illusory perfection but towards survival within modern technology. In the near past, women in marriage [preferably] tended to have at least one pregnancy every eighteen months over a period of twenty years. Evolution of the species required this in order to counter child and general mortality, that resulted in that birth rate being barely at replacement level. 1348 was an exceptional event, 400 years later and the population of this country was at a low, since when the present population surge began. The morality of imperfection requires that this surge be countered. In an altruistic society to take life is an evil, but often a moral necessity. The ethics that required marriage to be about procreation, and control immoral, is redundant. Morality requires that conception be prevented in the first place, and the age at which a foetus becomes an aware individual be established - survival outside the womb is not the critical factor. Secondly, as regards only population control, of the many problems of modern technology. A global strategy needs to be locally based. The population of a country is for it to control and provide for, with international cooperation. There can be no imagined Right for people to migrate to other countries, that do not specifically invite them. In the past morality was barely relevant to survival, today it is paramount. But if we cannot maintain the institutions of childhood, of marriage, and the sanctity of life, then we have lost our humanity.