In a message dated 8/24/2004 5:20:57 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
The same is true for human actions. Both rape and self sacrifice for one's kin occur. Both can be evolutionarily favored. One is immoral; one is moral. Rape is "favored" in some sense in that males who have little or no chance of non-coercive copulation can procreate through rape. But there are other natural forces that mitgate against rape. One of these evolved atributes is guilt. Morality is in fact an evolved feature, Self-sacrifice is an evolved trait, It is really not sacrifice but rather either kin selection or recipricol altruism. Both of these behaviors increase the reproductive success of a social animal. Morality is the way we keep score in recipricol altruism. _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
