em_tsuj wrote:
My guess is that it is due to biology shaped by evolution. We only care about close family members or sexual partners (and sometimes we don't even care about these people). We form temporary alliances with non-relatives based on mutual benefits. We hate and fear people who are different because they compete with us and our relatives for scarce resources. Altruism is a good concept because it kind of holds society together, but realistically it is very limited. We can't help it. We are programmed this way, and it is the way it is supposed to be enable our species to survive. I try to let go of all of that ideological stuff, expecting love and caring because it just isn't reality, at least not in civilized societies.
Exactly.
Expecting love and caring outside those narrow limits is naiive, and it is such a shame. We are controlled by our survival.
There aren't other options that still allow for survival of the species without causing harm or suffering to many of its members?
10 Dec 2013, 9:28 pm
