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equal dignity premise
January 28, 2008
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Two points:
1) Evolution by "group selection" may act upon mean collective survival but is rare in nature (social insects, naked mole rate?, but has not been rigorously applied to humans.
2) Individuals in a group could never contribute equally to collective survival. Some in the group can be considered detriments as competators for resources and vectors for disease. Increasing population densities leave a group vulnerable to epidemics and famine.