Chuck Grimes wrote:
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> I am not any more thrilled with the concept of altruism than I was
> with greed as a biological science construct.
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Altruism (a word coined by Comte in the 19th century) is as individualist a term as aggressiveness. They both presume that only individuals exist, and that society is just a mechanical adding up of individuals. Altruism and greed are both pretty useless concepts for either social or biological analysis.
Carrol