I feel like you're conflating a person's agreement with themselves and a person's agreement with other people. They're related, but distinct.
The Leaning Tower of Morality — my latest post at Ribbonfarm https://www.ribbonfarm.com/2017/11/28/the-leaning-tower-of-morality/ …pic.twitter.com/auVwXM2VBd
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I don't follow... can you spell it out for me?
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Been thinking about this a lot recently. You're onto something important that group selection probably implies altruism is maladaptive in the modern world.pic.twitter.com/DsjiF2Xepn
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Yeah, that was the main thing I wanted to discuss! It's a point I haven't seen (m)any other people articulate. Did you catch the Richard Dawkins comment I linked to? http://www.meltingasphalt.com/addendum-to-the-leaning-tower/#dawkins … It also explains moral behavior in a way that suggests it's now maladaptive.
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I believe Richard Dawkins addresses this point in "The Selfish Gene", but I'm not sure. If I remember correctly there's a way for altruism to be passed down because of siblings. One of the bad things of listening to something on audio is it's hard to go back and reference it.pic.twitter.com/ABi9sP8oh6
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Yeah, kin selection. I fully endorse kin selection as an important evolutionary mechanism. But if that's the basis for our moral behavior, then moral behavior toward strangers (in today's world) is vestigial/maladaptive! =/ Not sure if you caught my footnote on this:pic.twitter.com/Vr3Pfvvd9H
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Ignores kin selection?
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>I have a pretty clear (if unscientific) preference for not living in such a world. Such a world feels the same way towards you.
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