OOOkay - postmodernism is well and good, but there is a such thing as history. Ideas have origins. There was a first person who rubbed sticks together to make fire. I agree that altruism is in our genes, but people need *language* to hold onto ideas. A large part of the Buddha's teaching was about letting go of all the delusions and attachments we have built up, and seeing what is.
My book, a setting for fantasy role playing games based on Bantu mythology: Ubantu
