There are numerous examples of animals engaging in altruistic behavior in order to support their immediate kin. African bee-eaters, if unable to find mates or if their clutches are destroyed, seek out relatives (in a specific order) and provide themselves as rearing partners for their relative’s offspring. The level of commitment to this behavior is directly proportional to the amount of genetic material they share with the relative. In other words, behavior developed to ensure the passing of one’s own genetic material can lead to cooperative behavior, which ultimately lays the foundation for moral and social codes in human society.
[[There are numerous examples of animals engaging in altruistic behavior in order to support their immediate kin.]]
Not really- they are opinionated interpretations of the evidence, and the opposite interpretations have ligitimate points as well
[[African bee-eaters, if unable to find mates or if their clutches are destroyed, seek out relatives (in a specific order) and provide themselves as rearing partners for their relative’s offspring.]]
This is nothing more than code driven behavior (Which I might add some humanists contend all behavior is code driven- but they have no evidence to bakc this statement up, nor can they effectively counter the rebuttles)
[[In other words, behavior developed to ensure the passing of one’s own genetic material can lead to cooperative behavior, which ultimately lays the foundation for moral and social codes in human society.]]
At first glance, this makes it seem like bees reason in a sense- which isn’t supported and infact the counter evidence is more compelling that the action is not reasoning but rather hard coded and doesn’t represent subjective reasoning for social inferences, nor for morality behaviour based on an objective moral code