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REPLY TO COMMENTS ON “HUXLEY'S EVOLUTION AND ETHICS IN SOCIOBIOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE”
Author(s) -
Williams George C.
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
zygon®
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.222
H-Index - 23
eISSN - 1467-9744
pISSN - 0591-2385
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-9744.1988.tb00857.x
Subject(s) - sociobiology , sympathy , perspective (graphical) , epistemology , sociology , philosophy , psychology , social psychology , computer science , artificial intelligence
. I agree with comments suggesting that humans must make an unremitting effort to expand a circle of sympathy for others. However, I disagree with the idea, expressed by everyone except Sarah Hrdy, that evolution is in some sense consistently good.