These are genetic behaviours/instincts inherent in human thinking. Such genes are found in all social animals like ants,termites, lions, wolves, monkeys and apes [including humans]. They determine the individuals behaviours in regards to breeding, social order, planning, work and in higher animals like us apes, also affect the basic outlook and decisions of morality, like 1 can sacrifice 1 life to save 5; innocent bystanders should be dragged into or harmed by conflicts; we have moral obligations to our relatives, etc. Such questions of morality have quite unanimous agreement among all humans reguardless of their religious beliefs, i.e. they are instinctive [genetically determined].
Morality seems to be a repackaged term being used by some social scientists as determined by basic laws. This widens the scope of the terms meaning from cultural preferences to survivalism. This convolutes the terms meaning overall. Moralities stipulation can change quite drastically from religion to religion, i.e., multiple wives in this one, one wife in that one. We can debate polygamy vs. monogamy as to which is better for survival, but they both have benefits and boils down to preference. Where scientes will admit this, not the moralists, they will apply tags of morality that also fall into the criminal category. We have psuedo-science, shall we introduce pseudo-morality for the scientific moralists?
I would agree with what the wiki claims as the traditional view:
The traditional view of social scientists has been that morality is a construct, and is thus culturally relative.
Your claim is:
Such questions of morality have quite unanimous agreement among all humans reguardless of their religious beliefs, i.e. they are instinctive [genetically determined].
The wiki claims that animals do not possess moral behavior, but instead modify their behavior:
Though animals may not possess moral behavior, all social animals have had to modify or restrain their behaviors for group living to be worthwhile.
I assume the difference between human morality and animal behavior modification is that a human has more complex cognitive activity before the moral decision is made. I think a few degrees of change is the fundamental difference here.
Natural law will determine what will be cooperative and not. Since physical laws do not change, physical laws will determine the genes that allow for behavior modification that increases survival and remove genes that do not allow for modifications.
In humans, although more cognitive activity before a choice in behavior, humans can only act as intelligently and cooperatively relative to the facts understood in the situation. These facts are determined again my physical laws. A person lacking necessary facts will have the same intentions as one with more facts that would allow a more productive decisions.
Morality seems to imply a person has good intentions, but nature will punish those who are not respectful of it's laws, regardless of intention. As a result, morality doesn't seem to have the last word or should be used as a guide, instead a strong understanding of natures laws has the last word. The ebb and flow of what is right and wrong changes from culture to culture and time to time, but nature's laws never change.
The context in which you are using morality is that we can all agree on it. I could agree, but I think the term 'morality' is improper, so I don't agree. I think it's law we can agree on not morality.
Because of these types of moral ambiguities, I hold to the traditional scientific view. I don't agree to call what is now the 'new science of morality', instead I would call it the science of cooperation. I leave the term morality to the religious and the preferential.