40. "The basis of morality is rooted in rudimentary social interactions" In response to In response to 0 Thu May-21-15 04:47 AM by Lardlad95
Things that benefit the group form the basis of "good", things that don't benefit the group form the basis for "evil", and because actual survival was involved with early hominid societies sometimes selfish actions could actually lead to the long term survival of the group so it isn't necessarily a case where "altruism" is the be all end all for what it considered to be good. For instance, "bravery", something that we all think of as a beneficial trait is in many ways selfish, but because it has the capacity to bring benefits to the group as a whole it was a net good where as "greed" would not in almost all instances.
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