Why there might not be an evolutionary explanation for psychological altruism.

Stephen Stich
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  1. Stephen Stich: Department of Philosophy & Center for Cognitive Science, Rutgers University, United States. Electronic address: stich.steve@gmail.com.

Abstract

The existence of psychological altruism is hotly debated in the psychological and philosophical literature. In this paper I argue that even if psychological altruism does exist in some (or all) human groups, there may be no purely evolutionary explanation for existence of psychological altruism.

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MeSH Term

Altruism
Biological Evolution
Cooperative Behavior
Humans
Social Norms

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