re: Our ancestors were douchebags,so why do we admire them?

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And the strong men of those times
when rape was smiled upon by all, propelled by no internal moral nature, started down the path to our "modern Western standards" for what reason exactly?

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As society grew, more and more social cooperation between larger and larger groups was required. The ability to live and work with less and less fear of the above was a natural result of this.

Modern morality (aka common decency) has a lot more to do with mutual interests than it does inherent moral standards. I don't hurt you, you don't hurt me, lets work together and get better at surviving.