“I think the point is that it didn’t evolve to stop us from doing things we consider immoral—it evolved to stop us from getting punished by other people for doing things that are generally considered immoral.”
This seems a question begging explanation. It simply pushes the issues back, “why did it evolve just to signal a self-punitive tendency and not to signal a more-adaptive restitutionary tendency?” (Perhaps it only looks more adaptative, but that must be shown.)
“I think the point is that it didn’t evolve to stop us from doing things we consider immoral—it evolved to stop us from getting punished by other people for doing things that are generally considered immoral.”
This seems a question begging explanation. It simply pushes the issues back, “why did it evolve just to signal a self-punitive tendency and not to signal a more-adaptive restitutionary tendency?” (Perhaps it only looks more adaptative, but that must be shown.)