I don't know much about this field, but here are my thoughts on my lovely friend davey's piece. Engagement welcome:
Intro:
Some concern about the natural selection argument:
First, what's involved in your notion of self-interest? E.g. a bee is self-interested, but not reflexively— self-conscious self-interest is a different issue (that doesn't seem to be straightforwardly implied by any selection principle. I'm not convinced we humans, endowed with self-conscious self-interest, will be evolutionarily selected for in the long run). What suggests superinte... (read more)
I don't know much about this field, but here are my thoughts on my lovely friend davey's piece. Engagement welcome:
Intro:
Some concern about the natural selection argument:
First, what's involved in your notion of self-interest? E.g. a bee is self-interested, but not reflexively— self-conscious self-interest is a different issue (that doesn't seem to be straightforwardly implied by any selection principle. I'm not convinced we humans, endowed with self-conscious self-interest, will be evolutionarily selected for in the long run). What suggests superinte... (read more)