(June 22, 2019 at 12:41 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: From an evolutionary standpoint, there can't be any traits which promote survival that can be considered 'less than desirable'. Since the only point of a species is to survive, all traits which work to that end are traits to be desired.
Boru
Say two traits will, as far as we can tell, both help equally to enable their carriers to survive. But one has the indirect effect of reducing the chances of many others of the specie surviving, the other increases the chances of many others of the species surviving.
One might say the first trait is less than desirable, and its ability to enable its carrier to surivived should be curtailed so its carriers will not pass the trait on and give it many more chances to act out its indirect harmful effect on other members of the specie.