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> As such, we have an innate morality that pushes us away from selfish, animalistic competition and toward selfless, humane cooperation, across all artificial divisions

We really don't.

source: look at the world around you today and the past thousands of years.

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That the vast majority of humanity choose to ignore their moral impulses only testifies to our free will being absolute and the callous disregard (or worse) of others in the choices they make. Simply put, most people simply choose to remain moored to our physical body's animal heritage, where the mammalian dictates are competition between groups for power and within the group for sex and status.

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