If we were never taught right from wrong, would we have a conscience? Is a conscience natural to us? Different societies have different rights and wrongs, does this mean a person's conscience is geared to his/her particular society?

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Yes, a conscience is natural to us. What makes up that conscience is partly natural instincts that we are born with, along with many items that we learn or are taught.

I think that most of our concept of right and wrong comes from our sense of empathy. Empathy is the essence behind the Golden Rule. It is universal and I believe that it is natural. I think that empathy is part of being human; it is part of our genome. It does not need to be taught.

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A human being is part of a whole, called by us the Universe,
a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself,
his thoughts and feelings, as something separated from the rest
a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. -- Albert Einstein

Actually, there have been no studies that prove the "wolf-boy" or "Tarzan" scenario ever produces a human with a conscience about right and wrong. Their cognitive functions never develop past primal need. In Spiral Dynamics, it is known as BEIGE value meme. It is only after continued social interaction that we begin to learn these consciousness developments. Its just that we have now streamlined the process to where it appears a natural development.

Travis