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Anthropology

Boomer

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4. Evolution does not lead to ethical behavior

Reply to Irish_Dem (Reply #3)

Mon Oct 9, 2017, 07:10 AM

Oct 2017

Power struggles are part of the inevitable dynamics of group living, no matter which species you belong to. We aren't going to "evolve" out of that toward some idealistic moral high ground. Evolution is driven by what works best for survival in the long-term, no matter how much we may rue that result. We should be thankful that we also have a significant altruistic component to our nasty, brutish primate mind.

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