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The Origin of Morals, a Possible Darwinian ViewThe Origin of Morals, a Possible Darwinian Perspective

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The first type of altruism that is easily explained via Darwinism is what Richard Dawkins calls the "selfish gene" it means that if a gene programs an organism to act in a manner that will favor copies of itself, then that gene is more likely to become prevalent in the gene pool.

A gene that programs Individual organisms to favor their own kin is statistically likely to benefit copies of itself. Any gene (of that type) that becomes common enough, will make altruism to kin a normal everyday thing. Being good to your own children, is the obvious example. By being

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~Tiz85 May 12, 2013

Best, quotes, ever.

Helped me a lot in my journey towards atheism

~AAtheist May 12, 2013

Fantastic, Glad you like them

~Tiz85 6 days ago

There is always such a great help if you want to convert to some religion... I feel the other kind of travel is less "supported" if you catch my meaning. But those phrases helped me a lot.

~AAtheist 6 days ago

I think there is a lot of support, its just a bit more difficult to figure out where to go for it. Its getting easier now with larger organisations being formed for just that purpose. If you ever want to speak to someone, or if you know anyone who might want to discuss something I am always willing to talk

~Tiz85 6 days ago

If it is not too much trouble, could you tell me some good books written by atheist, better yet with a generous dash of science in it? There are many, but it is kind of hard to choose one... ^^

~AAtheist 5 days ago

The first book I would suggest you read would be "The Selfish Gene" by Richard Dawkins, this doesn't actually have a great deal to do with atheism, but it has plenty of science and I guarantee it will change how you look at the world. A good follow up book would be "why Evolution Is True" by Jerry A. Coyne, and another book that would be fantastic would be "The God Delusion", also by Richard Dawkins. After that it does depend on what kind of stuff you like. I don't actually read much specifically on atheism, I tend to find that if you read books written on other subjects by atheists you will get a better understanding of WHY people are atheists, rather than the arguments that they SAY are the reason.

Personally I find it tends to be simply that god does not have any rational explanation when looked at with consideration to what we know about the universe we are in.

~Tiz85 4 days ago

It may seems stupid, but have you read "The Science of the Discworld?"
Sir Terry is amazing

"Why Evolution is true" seems a very good read! Many thanks

~AAtheist 3 days ago

Terry Pratchet is a fantastic author. I love his whole discworld series in fact.

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