(October 6, 2010 at 8:01 am)The Omnissiunt One Wrote: As theVOID said, many of our most basic moral intuitions have nothing to do with survival. How does giving money to a charity for starving Africans increase our chances of survival? It doesn't.
It increases the strength of bond we share with other members of our species. We have to live together on this Earth, and altruism is a way to relieve tensions and work towards a common goal - such as eliminating hunger or stopping disease, both very moral actions.
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