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The Good Samaritan and his genes

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dc.contributor.authorRolston, Holmes, 1932-2025, author
dc.contributor.authorW.B. Eerdmans Publishing, publisher
dc.date.accessioned2007-01-03T04:30:27Z
dc.date.available2007-01-03T04:30:27Z
dc.date.issued2004
dc.description.abstractThe Good Samaritan helping non-genetically related other does not fit well into a Darwinian framework. Some biologists claim he is constitutionally (=genetically) unable to act for the victim's sake. There must be a self-interested account. The Samaritan, deceived about his motives, is rewarded with reproductively profitable reputation. But such behavior, praised and imitated, jumps genetic lines and there is no differential survival advantage.
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dc.identifier.bibliographicCitationRolston, Holmes, 1932-2025, The Good Samaritan and His Genes, Clayton, Philip and Jeffrey Schloss, eds., Evolution and Ethics: Human Morality in Biolgical and Religioius Perspective, 238-252. Grand Rapids, MI: W.B. Eerdmans Publishing, 2004.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10217/37322
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherColorado State University. Libraries
dc.relation.ispartofScience & Religion: Anthologies and Journal Articles
dc.relation.isversionofGood Samaritan and his genes, The - video lecture (November 9, 2002); https://hdl.handle.net/10217/234763
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dc.subjectgenes
dc.subjecthypothalamus
dc.subjectlimbic system
dc.subjectethics
dc.subjectbiology
dc.subjectevolution
dc.subjectmorality
dc.subjectreligion
dc.subjectChristianity
dc.titleThe Good Samaritan and his genes
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