My post below, Group selection & the naturalistic fallacy, elicitedsomeinteresting comments. First, I mentinoed W.D. Hamilton's allusion to a relationship between fascism & group selection. Here is what he said:
'Liberal' thinkers should realize from the outset that fervent 'belief' in evolution at the group level, and especially any idea that group selection obviates supposedly unnecesssary or non-existent harsh aspects of natural selection, actually starts them at once on a course that heads straight towards Fascist ideology....
(page 385, Defenders of the Truth) I believe I should retract the force of my assertion a bit, because here Hamilton was basically making the same argument that "Colugo" does, that those who believe group selection is somehow more human are deluding themselves. Nevertheless, these sentiments and ideological posturings are not entirely absent from Hamilton's collected papers (Narrow Roads of Gene Land I, Narrow Roads of Gene Land II). I tire of this ...
