BIOL 350 Lecture Notes - Lecture 24: Kin Selection, Norm (Social), Golden Rule
18 Nov 2014
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Religion and morality: time magazine: 53% of those surveyed said they would be less likely to support a candidate who was an atheist, culture bias that religion is necessary to have morals. Men never do evil so completely and cheerfully as when they do it from religious conviction - Treat others as you would like to be treated : is found in virtually every known religion points to evolutionary roots! Do we need religion in order to have an objective basis for moral standards: conspicuous philantropic giving behaviour also serves to advertise status, thus conferring attractiveness to potential mates, as well as satisfying "legacy drive" Morality, including giving behaviour through philantropy, may also be sexy. Ie provide sexual signaling in mate choice sexual selection for moral virtues, 2007 (miller) Science daily headlines anthropologists study the genesis of reciprocity in food sharing social giving make us happier go on, volunteer it could be good for you.
