| The theory of natural selection explains the evolution of species, not the existence of particular descendants of certain individuals. A species' genetic fitness is measured not only by the genetic fitness of individual members, but by their enhancement of the fitness of other species members who share the same genes. . . . Natural selection would even favor the evolution of certain altruistic tendencies directed to non-related individuals. | |||
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| Michael Friedman |
"Toward a Reconceptualization of Guilt," Contemporary Psychoanalysis 21(4), 1985 |
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