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Originally Posted by MrL_JaKiri
Having actually read this now, the answer is "Evolution".
The survival of the individual is not paramount, as the individual, from one point of view, merely acts as the mechanism for the transmission of genes. Dawkins's book The Selfish Gene is the one to read on this.
Altruism and apparant self sacrifice make perfect sense within this context.
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A strangely worded answer. 'The survival of the individual is not paramount'
to whom? Genes, obviously, have no thoughts on the matter, but the fear of death (for example) in humans themselves is universal, I would have thought.