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Self-Interest vs Altruism - Problems in Scaling the Decision Process

Both Self-Interest and Altruism are inherent motivations in humans and have essential and established roles in evolutionary theory well supported by both observation and controlled experiment.

Examples of altruism extend across many species: soldier ants sacrificing themselves for the colony, vervet monkeys sounding loud alarms to warn of threats though it draws a predator's attention to themse more »

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