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Philosophy of Biology

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Elliott Sober and David Sloan Wilson have published a provocative book Unto Others, Harvard Univ. Press, 1998.

In this, they try to argue for the significance of group selection; and they also try to clarify the evolution and psychology of altruism.

Here, I will present a couple of their basic models, with my illustrations.

However, it is controversial whether or not their models are applicable to the evolution of human morality.

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September 14, 1999; last modified December 17. Soshichi Uchii

suchii@bun.kyoto-u.ac.jp

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