How do altruism and evolution fit together?

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Uploaded by on Apr 12, 2010

Dr Francis Collins explains how, for him, even if altruistic behaviour developed through evolution, moral behaviour is still a bit of a mystery. Here he uses a story of the sacrifice made by an escaping prisoner to illustrate this point.

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  • the desire to save another member of ones own species can still easily be a product of evolution without metaphysical implications. the community exists in several species for a reason. helping the guard was a noble act.. but very stupid at the same time and i dont admire it.

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