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1/5/2020 11:18:15 PM
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There’s nothing wrong with asking these types of questions, despite people downvoting you to oblivion.
There absolutely is an evolutionary reason that we care for others. Similarly, there’s an evolutionary reason we care for our immediate family the strongest... our extended family slightly less strongly, our “group” slightly less strongly and others less strongly.
The goal of our genes (coined “the selfish gene” by Dawkins) is to survive past our generation. This can mean we take selfish actions, but our genes also survive when our relatives survive. Further, participating unselfishly in a “tit-for-tat” society means we’re likely to benefit from behaving morally.
If I didn’t make sense (quite possible) let me know if you need me to expand somewhere.
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I never wanna have biological kids, and I'm my family's sole heir. Suck it, Dawkins!
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[quote]There’s nothing wrong with asking these types of questions, despite people downvoting you to oblivion. There absolutely is an evolutionary reason that we care for others. Similarly, there’s an evolutionary reason we care for our immediate family the strongest... our extended family slightly less strongly, our “group” slightly less strongly and others less strongly. The goal of our genes (coined “the selfish gene” by Dawkins) is to survive past our generation. This can mean we take selfish actions, but our genes also survive when our relatives survive. Further, participating unselfishly in a “tit-for-tat” society means we’re likely to benefit from behaving morally. If I didn’t make sense (quite possible) let me know if you need me to expand somewhere.[/quote] Why do people get sad when people not of their “group” die?
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Less of a chance for our genes to survive, maybe. Slightly lower chance of reproducing.
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[quote]The survival of our species depends on mutual aid, and providing it reduces our own distress[/quote]We do have a capacity to care and empathize with others; that we all (well, most of us) do is beneficial to our species. That said, I’m not going to care nearly as much about a stranger’s death as someone in my family.
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Your explanation is similar to some others. So I understand. Thank you for your explanation!
