PSYCH 2800 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Microorganism, Ingroups And Outgroups, Ethical Dilemma
9 Apr 2018
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Kin -- one feels closer to their own blood and is more willing to overcome selfishness with relatives. Reciprocal altruism -- one feels more likely to overcome selfishness when they. Group selection and large group cooperation -- group bonding can produce a sense of selflessness. A more selfless group is going to work together better, and therefore win against a more selfish group -- thereby the more selfless genes live on and are passed down. (evolution) Also, those who are more selfless and ready to sacrifice their own lives for friends are not around to leave behind children. Brother and sister sleep together -- fully protected to prevent children. New experience for both, never do it again, feel closer after. When all of those reasons are rebutted -- one is still likely to be opposed. Other examples: sex with a dead chicken, eating the family dog, cleaning toilet with. There is more to moral psychology than reason.
