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RE: Morality
June 13, 2013 at 12:16 am
(June 13, 2013 at 12:04 am)crud Wrote: @ Rahul. cheers for actually engaging man!

Wasting time worrying/protesting/helping the Africans, seems to go against "survival of the fittest" in almost every way though.

Actually there have been lots of study about altruism among humans and other animals as well. Lots of debate. One member of a species will help another member of a species with no obvious future gain to themselves. A lot of that help actually decreases somewhat the resources of the one that helps out.

Quote:A question that remains about natural selection is altruism. Why do we, and many animals, do good things for others when the results seem to offer no direct benefit to us? According to research, altruism is instinctive behavior that forms without cultural training in babies.

http://curiosity.discovery.com/question/...n-altruism

We don't really have all the answers for it yet. But the important aspect you need to realize is that this exists in non-human animals. And non-human animals don't have religion.
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Morality - by crud - June 12, 2013 at 10:11 pm
RE: Morality - by wwjs - June 12, 2013 at 10:34 pm
RE: Morality - by catfish - June 12, 2013 at 10:34 pm
RE: Morality - by crud - June 12, 2013 at 10:42 pm
RE: Morality - by catfish - June 12, 2013 at 10:48 pm
RE: Morality - by wwjs - June 12, 2013 at 10:52 pm
RE: Morality - by Rahul - June 12, 2013 at 10:59 pm
RE: Morality - by Whateverist - June 12, 2013 at 11:27 pm
RE: Morality - by rexbeccarox - June 12, 2013 at 10:48 pm
RE: Morality - by crud - June 12, 2013 at 10:56 pm
RE: Morality - by catfish - June 12, 2013 at 10:57 pm
RE: Morality - by Cato - June 12, 2013 at 11:07 pm
RE: Morality - by crud - June 12, 2013 at 11:01 pm
RE: Morality - by wwjs - June 12, 2013 at 11:05 pm
RE: Morality - by Rahul - June 12, 2013 at 11:40 pm
RE: Morality - by crud - June 12, 2013 at 11:06 pm
RE: Morality - by crud - June 12, 2013 at 11:10 pm
RE: Morality - by Baalzebutt - June 12, 2013 at 11:28 pm
RE: Morality - by catfish - June 12, 2013 at 11:13 pm
RE: Morality - by crud - June 12, 2013 at 11:21 pm
RE: Morality - by Cato - June 12, 2013 at 11:35 pm
RE: Morality - by catfish - June 12, 2013 at 11:25 pm
RE: Morality - by Whateverist - June 12, 2013 at 11:35 pm
RE: Morality - by max-greece - June 12, 2013 at 11:41 pm
RE: Morality - by crud - June 12, 2013 at 11:44 pm
RE: Morality - by Rahul - June 12, 2013 at 11:49 pm
RE: Morality - by Baalzebutt - June 12, 2013 at 11:52 pm
RE: Morality - by crud - June 12, 2013 at 11:51 pm
RE: Morality - by Cato - June 13, 2013 at 12:34 am
RE: Morality - by crud - June 12, 2013 at 11:57 pm
RE: Morality - by Rahul - June 13, 2013 at 12:03 am
RE: Morality - by max-greece - June 13, 2013 at 12:24 am
RE: Morality - by crud - June 13, 2013 at 12:04 am
RE: Morality - by Baalzebutt - June 13, 2013 at 12:10 am
RE: Morality - by Rahul - June 13, 2013 at 12:16 am
RE: Morality - by crud - June 13, 2013 at 12:23 am
RE: Morality - by Rahul - June 13, 2013 at 12:26 am
RE: Morality - by crud - June 13, 2013 at 12:32 am
RE: Morality - by Rahul - June 13, 2013 at 12:47 am
RE: Morality - by crud - June 13, 2013 at 12:42 am
RE: Morality - by Cato - June 13, 2013 at 1:18 am
RE: Morality - by whatever76 - June 13, 2013 at 12:47 am
RE: Morality - by crud - June 13, 2013 at 12:56 am
RE: Morality - by whatever76 - June 13, 2013 at 2:27 am
RE: Morality - by crud - June 13, 2013 at 1:21 am
RE: Morality - by Cato - June 13, 2013 at 3:06 am
Re: Morality - by fr0d0 - June 13, 2013 at 1:30 am
RE: Morality - by Whateverist - June 13, 2013 at 3:10 am
RE: Morality - by max-greece - June 13, 2013 at 2:39 am
RE: Morality - by Gilgamesh - June 13, 2013 at 2:47 am
RE: Morality - by max-greece - June 13, 2013 at 3:00 am
RE: Morality - by crud - June 13, 2013 at 2:58 am
RE: Morality - by crud - June 13, 2013 at 3:09 am
RE: Morality - by max-greece - June 13, 2013 at 3:24 am
RE: Morality - by crud - June 13, 2013 at 3:13 am
RE: Morality - by Cato - June 13, 2013 at 3:31 am
RE: Morality - by fr0d0 - June 13, 2013 at 3:26 am
RE: Morality - by crud - June 13, 2013 at 3:41 am
RE: Morality - by max-greece - June 13, 2013 at 4:10 am
RE: Morality - by Rahul - June 13, 2013 at 9:09 am
RE: Morality - by littleendian - June 13, 2013 at 6:03 am
RE: Morality - by Silver - June 13, 2013 at 6:08 am
RE: Morality - by littleendian - June 13, 2013 at 6:13 am
RE: Morality - by paulpablo - June 13, 2013 at 8:36 am
RE: Morality - by Fidel_Castronaut - June 13, 2013 at 8:58 am
RE: Morality - by The Grand Nudger - June 13, 2013 at 9:50 am
RE: Morality - by Doubting Thomas - June 13, 2013 at 11:21 am
RE: Morality - by crud - June 14, 2013 at 3:20 am
RE: Morality - by rexbeccarox - June 14, 2013 at 5:17 am
RE: Morality - by crud - June 14, 2013 at 6:11 am
RE: Morality - by paulpablo - June 14, 2013 at 6:28 am
RE: Morality - by crud - June 14, 2013 at 6:48 am
RE: Morality - by Whateverist - June 14, 2013 at 7:00 am
RE: Morality - by max-greece - June 14, 2013 at 6:59 am
RE: Morality - by crud - June 14, 2013 at 7:16 am
RE: Morality - by max-greece - June 14, 2013 at 10:16 am
RE: Morality - by crud - June 14, 2013 at 10:54 am
RE: Morality - by max-greece - June 14, 2013 at 11:34 am
RE: Morality - by Savannahw - June 14, 2013 at 11:46 am
RE: Morality - by crud - June 14, 2013 at 9:46 pm
RE: Morality - by Whateverist - June 14, 2013 at 10:49 pm
RE: Morality - by paulpablo - June 15, 2013 at 12:17 am
RE: Morality - by max-greece - June 15, 2013 at 1:04 am
RE: Morality - by fr0d0 - June 15, 2013 at 2:42 am
RE: Morality - by Cato - June 15, 2013 at 3:10 am
RE: Morality - by fr0d0 - June 15, 2013 at 2:30 am
RE: Morality - by Cato - June 15, 2013 at 2:34 am
RE: Morality - by max-greece - June 15, 2013 at 3:23 am
RE: Morality - by crud - June 15, 2013 at 3:02 am
RE: Morality - by Whateverist - June 15, 2013 at 9:39 am
RE: Morality - by fr0d0 - June 15, 2013 at 5:12 am
RE: Morality - by max-greece - June 15, 2013 at 2:12 pm
RE: Morality - by fr0d0 - June 15, 2013 at 3:57 pm
RE: Morality - by max-greece - June 15, 2013 at 4:45 pm
RE: Morality - by crud - June 15, 2013 at 6:25 am
RE: Morality - by The Grand Nudger - June 15, 2013 at 10:17 am
RE: Morality - by purplepurpose - June 15, 2013 at 12:13 pm
RE: Morality - by Angrboda - June 15, 2013 at 12:53 pm
RE: Morality - by genkaus - July 4, 2013 at 12:27 am

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