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Message 6 of 23 (303719)
04-12-2006 10:03 PM
Reply to: Message 1 by robinrohan
04-12-2006 5:26 PM


Somebody might say, we should treat others as we want to be treated.
Why should we do that?
Enlightened self interest in the context of a social animal. (Expecting holmes any minute now ...)
We see different forms of this rule in {?virtually?} every society, so there is some kind of mechanism that drives this conclusion.
I would think that a different conclusion would be reached by a non-social species.

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