I see morality as a set of behaviors that are endemic to a social species, like humans or chimpanzees, and are related to how one interacts in a group and how the group interacts relative to itself.
From the perspective of the selfish gene with a social structure factored in, you find that a lot of behaviors are justified - treating others poorly will lead them to treat you poorly, thus one would wish to enhance their success by not being an utter pillock.
Altruism between close relatives (genetic, as in brother/sister) is justified as merely allowing one or more persons to benefit at the expense of one, but since close relatives share extremely close DNA, then allowing another to succeed means you've succeeded partly, as you've spread your genetic code by proxy.
Altruism between friends is merely when one has redefined the concept of their friend's genes to be on the same importance as their own (like as in altruism between close relatives).
In my mind, there is nothing about behaviors that cannot be explained without some part of evolution butting it's head in.
But that's just me.
From the perspective of the selfish gene with a social structure factored in, you find that a lot of behaviors are justified - treating others poorly will lead them to treat you poorly, thus one would wish to enhance their success by not being an utter pillock.
Altruism between close relatives (genetic, as in brother/sister) is justified as merely allowing one or more persons to benefit at the expense of one, but since close relatives share extremely close DNA, then allowing another to succeed means you've succeeded partly, as you've spread your genetic code by proxy.
Altruism between friends is merely when one has redefined the concept of their friend's genes to be on the same importance as their own (like as in altruism between close relatives).
In my mind, there is nothing about behaviors that cannot be explained without some part of evolution butting it's head in.
But that's just me.
