CSCA20H3 Lecture Notes - Gene-Centered View Of Evolution, Richard Dawkins, The Selfish Gene

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Ee is useless if you commit pe. Note thte differnet intrinsic and instrumentning it rial wants and gooods. Short and long term interest: both are your interest, since they are in conflit, then which one is your true interst. Your present self, and your future self. Prudence: relate t oyour own interst: morality: more regarding than prudence. If you think of your own futre, how is that different from thinking of someone"s else interst, or someone"s present interest. So how would you compare sb"s presence pain, your future pain, and sb"s else"s future pain. But we consider: should i value my presence comfortab, or to more to the other person , who is my future self. When i get to next week, i may postpone it. This conflict between presence and future interest. I"m gonna care more of myself now, more than care of othrs. If you can experience other ppl"s pain, as your own, then you"ll just die.

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