The Coevolution of Altruism, Parochialism and War - Santa Fe Institute
The Coevolution of Altruism, Parochialism and War - Santa Fe Institute
The Coevolution of Altruism, Parochialism and War - Santa Fe Institute
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Peter Kropotkin<br />
...mutual<br />
aid..<br />
..red in<br />
tooth <strong>and</strong><br />
claw<br />
Human nature <strong>and</strong> war<br />
Thomas Huxley<br />
...Selfish <strong>and</strong> contentious people will not cohere, <strong>and</strong><br />
without coherence, nothing can be effected. A tribe<br />
possessing ... a greater number <strong>of</strong> courageous,<br />
sympathetic <strong>and</strong> faithful members, who were always<br />
ready to warn each other <strong>of</strong> danger, to aid <strong>and</strong> defend<br />
each other... would spread <strong>and</strong> be victorious over<br />
other tribes...Thus the social <strong>and</strong> moral qualities<br />
would tend slowly to advance <strong>and</strong> be diffused<br />
throughout the world. Darwin, Descent <strong>of</strong> Man, 1873<br />
Do we engage in mutual aid because evolution is red in tooth <strong>and</strong> claw?
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