1. What's the evolutionary advantage of offering your place to an old woman on a bus?

Comment #83258 by Americo on October 29, 2007 at 12:58 pm

While I reject the notion that morality comes from some supernatural being, I agree that not every action requires some link to evolutionary advantages. For example, I may see the old lady on the bus as my grandmother and hope that in the same situation another kind person would offer my gradmother a seat. So I do the kind thing. I also refuse to do nasty things because I'm uncomfortable in a setting where nasty behavior is the norm. So, I don't litter, don't kill, don't curse, etc. Nasty behavior begets nasty behavior.Simple as that.