Genesis 2:7, Altruism and the Moral Law

And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.

//I’ve speculated before about the existence of a God-given moral law. Why is it that we humans in general agree upon right and wrong, and why do our “rights” generally coincide with whether or not an action helps or hurts another? Is altruism a gift from God?

Let’s compare humans to other animals for a moment. Believers in God tend to place humans in a separat...