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From: Bryan Hyden <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Tuesday, December 01, 1998 1:53 PM
Subject: Re: FW: Peter Singer - An Interview
>>Saying reciprocal altruism is not real altruism because the giver
>(potentially)
>>gets something out of it, is a lot like saying we are all egoists because
>>everything we do we we do because we want to do it.
>
>yes wayne, that's it.... thanks....
>
>bryan
That's why Trivers, Williams and other evolutionary biologists defined
altruism as a risking reproductive potential with no immediate reward. They
avoid all this
sb
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