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The Evolution of Altruism
Notes
- Where Kindness comes from
- God creating
- Role of reason
- Inheritance vs construction
- Scientific Problem
- Darwinism
- Every act is based on self interest
- Natural Selection
- Biology
- Social Insects
- Termites – No Reproduction
- Honey bee
- Amoeba
- Gazelle
- Stotting behavior – when confronted by lions drawing fire
- Baboons
- Psychology
- Nepotism
- Formalized by Bill Hamilton
- Gene survival among relatives
- Gene does nor care, as long as it propagates it self
- And, so among brothers, sisters, and cousins it has the best chance
- Reciprocation
- Group Selection
- George Price
- Self interest in disguise
- Evangelical Christian
- Human Spirit
- Indeed, the spirit can transcend what nature can produce
- Could not answer the question of Selflessness vs Self Interest
- David Hume – Naturalist fallacy
- Category Confusion
- What is VERSUS What ought to be
- Original Confusion
- Because we understand the origin of something, does it mean we understand that something
- Summary
- Aristotle
- The love we feel for others is part of the love we feel for ourselves
- Ludwig Wittgenstein
- Even when all the possible scientific questions have been answered, the problems of life remain completely untouched
References
Persons
George Price
Robert Trivers
Principles
Handicap Principle
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