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Darwinism:What does it mean for “responsibility” and “altruism”? (Part 4) by xenophon-19 on Aug 1, 2009Looking now at altruism we will assume that we can have free will, and will be asking the next question, which is – can our choices be moral? The two conditionals I will look at are: if we are only the result of natural selection, altruism is an il...

Darwinism? What does it mean for “responsibility” and “altruism”? by xenophon-19 on Jul 11, 2009Before understanding what the implications of Darwinism are for the ideas of responsibility and altruism, I will consider what our ideas about both these terms actually mean. Very briefly, responsibility is the capacity for free will, that we are ind...