RE: Sheldrake (MD economics of want and greed 4)

From: David Buchanan (DBuchanan@ClassicalRadio.org)
Date: Sun Sep 21 2003 - 19:00:24 BST

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    Ian and all primates:

    dmb said:
    Is it really a dog eat dog world? Do nice guys really finish last? Last in
    what, exactly? As Lily Tomlin says, the problem with the rat race is that
    even if you win, you're still just a rat.

    Ian replied:
    Briliant stuff, but the myth in there is that ...
    Darwinism = dog-eat-dog = rat-race.
    In an environment which favours "nice guys",
    and being "nice" is heritable,
    Darwinism predicts generations of nice guys prosper.
    So where's the problem with Darwin?

    dmb says:
    The problem, as I see it, is the application of Darwinism beyond the
    biological level. We live in the culture, not the jungle. The law of the
    jungle can't be rightly guide social creatures like us. I think the moral
    codes of the MOQ say that social Darwinism is degenerate for exactly that
    reason. See what I mean?

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