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Originally Posted by tore
By being "altruistic", you are doing something to perpetuate your genes and ensure your biological fitness. Can it then be altruism?
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yes. i don't see the dilemma at all because your genes are not the ones being described as altruistic. you, the animal, are the one that is making a sacrifice. the genetic programming that compels you to make that sacrifice doesn't cancel that out.