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[-] glorkon@lemmy.world 12 points 13 hours ago

What if it has been enshrined into us by hundreds of thousands of years of evolution because altruism is a trait that increases the survival chances of a social species?

[-] gandalf_der_13te@feddit.org -5 points 11 hours ago

i'm happy to hear that it works for you to follow purely your own instincts, but if you consider the typical person in for example the US today, there's a 99.9% chance that's not gonna work.

point is, lots of stuff are "right" because they're socially told, even if you don't call it religion, it's still transported as "common mode of operation". that's what i meant.

[-] 5too@lemmy.world 3 points 6 hours ago

That's a pretty pessimistic view!

In my experience, most people have a pretty good feel for what's right and wrong, it seems to be a basic function of empathy. There is a small percentage who lack this understanding, but more often it seems to me like it's people who have been twisted one way or another that are the issue. They've been taught to value things over people, or that power is the only path to acceptance, or something else equally twisty.

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