How Folk Psychology has Determined Evolutionary Theories About Altruism: An Alternative Perspective Based on Buddhist Theory
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This paper explores how commonly held folk psychology beliefs about selfishness and altruism have framed theoretical accounts of whether, or how, altruism could have evolved. This is demonstrated by assuming an alternative view of selfishness and altruism (from the Tibetan/Buddhist culture) and showing that it results in a very different, but completely plausible account of altruism and selfishness within evolutionarily theory.
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