awareness of good and evil in the human species, marking a great evolutionary advance in the
human journey from its previously more instinctual and animal nature. This myth, along with
others, may be symbolic accounts about the dawning of human awareness of right and wrong,
the first signs of new emanations of human consciousness that would increasingly distinguish
humans from other primates. What we might call the birth of moral intelligence.
The guidance recorded in the Bible and the many other holy books of other traditions might be
the first attempts at teaching this now morally conscious humanity how to best use and live with
this new and developing moral consciousness. In these traditions, moral intelligence was often
seen as a gift and reflection of the creator and a responsibility of humanity to use wisely.
Developing morality and moral intelligence was seen as one of the primary purposes of life