(August 3, 2017 at 7:10 am)Brian37 Wrote:(August 3, 2017 at 6:57 am)Alex K Wrote: Unconditional love for my children seems to be hardwired into me by evolution, I wouldn't hesitate to wrestle a tiger to protect them, as would most parents I presume. If you say, them being my children counts as a condition then sure, if you go to that meta level, nothing in the universe is unconditional.
I wouldn't call even that unconditional. Some parents are crappy parents, some humans as individuals don't want kids. I wouldn't even say that is unconditional. I do agree however, as with other species, adults will protect their young. Even dangerous animals like alligators. Again I don't think you need a loaded cliche to describe evolution.
I'd only agree that humans buy the social norms of the societies and or the families they made in. In that context parents can buy such a script so much that they can become blind to the behavior of their children.
It is a simple matter of our evolutionary grouping, and our tendency to protect offspring and our tendency to protect that which we are familiar with.
It may not be universal, but it still can be unconditional in those who have ot.
The fool hath said in his heart, There is a God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.
Psalm 14, KJV revised edition
