Along with the instinct for self-preservation, every animal also has an instict to protect the gene-pool
Of course, on top of the hard-wired imprinting of the limbic system comes “softer” conditioning. This allows the safe-space perimeter to be generalized outward from the mother’s body to the pack or tribe—the “extended family.” Every social animal has, in addition to the Darwinian “instinct” (genetic program) of self-preservation, a similar “instinct” to protect the gene-pool. This is the basis of altruism, and social animals could not survive without it. Whereas the instinct for self-preservation involves the three unwholesome roots, this altrusitic mechanism can be characterised by the three wholesome roots.
References
- Robert, A., Wilson. (1983). Prometheus Rising Chapter 3 The Oral Bio-Survival Circuit (Location 538). Grand Junction, CO: Hilaritas Press.
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