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    Altruism/ Kin Selection

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    Altruism/kin selection “Dream as if you’ll live forever‚ live as if you’ll die today (James Dean)!” By this being said ants and bees are there to protect and provide for the queen at any means necessary. This is where altruism and kin selection play a huge role in the lives of bee’s and ants. Kin selection and Altruism is equal with social insects to dominate many terrestrial habitats that they can hardly describe it as colony of organisms because the individuals appear to operate as a unit

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    Altruism Definition

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    Distinguish between altruism and prosocial behaviour. • Pro-social behavior: behavior that benefits another person or has positive social consequences Definition is vague because it discusses the outcome but not the motivation e.g. When we offer sympathy to a friend that is upset or refrain from dropping scolding a person for doing something wrong. • Altruism: when one helps another person for no reward and even at some cost to oneself. It is a type of “helping behavior”(intentionally

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    Prosocial behaviour and altruism Personal behaviour is any behaviour that is intended to benefit others. Why do we engage in this behaviour? Psychologists believe that there are several reasons but generally for selfish purposes‚ so that we feel better about ourselves. * Egoistic motivation: helping so that you feel ggo about yourself * Altruism: helping without any expectation of benefits for oneself It is possible for any helping behaviour to be tuly selfless? Is it possible for

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    Altruism: The Selfless Act

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    “People never intentionally act to benefit others except only to obtain some good for themselves” The statement “People never intentionally act to benefit others except only to obtain some good for themselves” is often described as Altruism or an Altruistic act. This statement is not entirely true. It is possible for someone to intentionally act to benefit others‚ but this is something that does not happen very often. There are multiple theories as to why people do and do not perform altruistic

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    Altruism One of the main parts of evolution is natural selection. Natural selection in evolution eliminates the weak from the animals most fit for their environment. If evolution is true why do animals do things that would be against the rules of natural selection? We can find the answer to this question by searching nature itself. Certainly all living things must seek out food and safety‚ and every animal must hunt for nourishment and become aggressive in its own defense

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    Unit of Selection

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    The Units and Levels of Selection by Samir Okasha (Ch 8‚ A Companion to Philosophy of Biology) Traditional Darwinian View – * Though Darwin treats individual organisms as basic unit of selection‚ other possibilities can be seen * Lewontin (1970) – Natural Selection will operate on any level that exhibits ‘heritable variation in fitness’. * Hence the question of level seems purely empirical – but is not. Historically – * The debate of Levels of Selection can be traced back to

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    the act of altruism. The lineal denotation of altruism means the principle or practice of concern for the welfare of others. However‚ everyone has different point of view as they faced altruism and they tempted to call themselves as true of altruism without knowing the true standard. This idea is especially apparent when looking between the two nonfiction articles in Altruistic Behavior by Desmond Morris and Christmas at home by P.W. Alexander. Both pieces are base off the idea of altruism and how it

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    Does true altruism exist in nature? Within nature Darwin has proposed the notion of natural selection as the driving force of evolution. Individuals acquiring traits solely designed for their survival and reproductive fitness. Accordingly‚ animals act selfishly to survive and pass along their genes to future generations. Since then‚ controversy has circled around the idea of organisms acting out in a selfless manor decreasing their fitness for the success of another member’s fitness. Its puzzling

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    The research design in the articles by Batson et al‚ Darley & Latane‚ and Darley & Batson appears to be relying heavily on the assumption that the subjects truly believe the scenario that is being played out. The validity of the research hinges significantly on the acting abilities of the experimenter and the degree to which he/she convinces the subject that there is a true emergency that requires intervention from a helper. The research validity also requires that the experimenters accurately

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    Does true altruism exist among humans? Critically discuss with reference to theories of group selectionkin selection and reciprocal altruism. Altruism has proven over the years to not only be an extremely hard characteristic to explain but to also define. Whether it is from a biological view‚ which was constantly challenged from Darwin to the present day‚ or from a psychological stance where we consider peoples’ motives for such behaviour. Either way it remains an elusive topic where evolutionists

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