Darwin and Gould

Darwin is famous for his discoveries and thoughts on evolution for all living things. This upsets many religious believers because it denotes a lot of their faith and values that they hold true. At close examination though, it is hard to deny what Darwin has set forth. Species will evolve to better suit their environments because the strong will survive and the weak will parish. It is some attribute which make a being strong or more advantageous that make evolution possible. It is no wonder that these traits will continue on because these particular species are the ones which will be able to procreate successfully allowing their offspring to also flourish in nature. This describes many phenomena's in nature which include the unique survival tactics of every species. This also explains why species from the same origin have different physical attributes in different parts of the world today, because they had to adjust to their surrounding environment. It is for this reason that I think human evolution will dramatically slow down due to technological advances. No longer do people have to adapt to their environments because they are more or less the same all over the world.
Gould brings up a more ethical question about morality and if their really is such a thing in nature. Why would God allow nature to become so cruel as in the case with the ichneumon fly which pass their larval life as parasites. One explanation given was that nature needs checks and balances, and that is what the fly was for. The more plausible explanation in my opinion, which is also stated, is that things in nature just are. They don't have to be there for a reason, but it is the way evolution has occurred which allows for some sort of balance in nature for all things to coexist. I do believe their is a higher power which assists in this type of procedure, but nature has allowed humans to become knowledgeable. With this knowledge, the concept of morality was born as a human tool, which only we could be capable of having because we have the brain capacity to do so. Since morality is a man made concept, nature does not have to abide by any of the rules which come along with it.