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To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (354618)10/12/2007 12:33:08 PM
From: combjelly  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 1576907
 
"CJ, you and Chris seem to have "nuanced" the "weak and helpless" part out of "altruism toward the weak and helpless.""

No. Why do you think so? It is all about making sure the ones you are related to survive. Altruism, in its various forms, is common in animals who live communally. Given that humans through much of their evolution, lived communally, it should be no surprise that they have that trait.

"In the movie 300, the Spartans are portrayed as tossing their deformed babies over the cliff. The weak in Sparta simply do not survive. The practical application of Darwin."

Infanticide was hardly restricted to the Spartans.



To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (354618)10/12/2007 9:27:08 PM
From: bentway  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 1576907
 
"In the movie 300, the Spartans are portrayed as tossing their deformed babies over the cliff. "

You refer to movies a lot! Do you think the Spartans were representative of people of their time? I'd say they were an very extreme example of early wingnuttery.


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