Carpe Mortem

@Both: The organism wouldn't exist without the genes, it would be a different organism. In order to be altruistic, it would literally have to lack survival genes and contain specific 'sacrifice without reward', communal or individual, genes. And that just plain doesn't happen because the species wouldn't have made it this far.

Edit: Maybe it's a matter of defining altruism. In my eyes, it is a concept that does not exist. But I do think the 'fake' altruism sometimes exhibited is admirable enough.

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