I agree with topic two because with Olivia Judson and “the Selfless gene” cooperation amongst a group is better than altruism for a family member. However the underlying purpose is to get something back later in the future according to Dawkins in “the selfish gene”. This is ultimately needed for the survival of your genes thanks to others. There have been countless stories where a breed of animal takes on the responsibility for another kind of animal or of the same kind but not even related. This is also true for humans in where you see the godparent or a close friend taking responsibility for the kid, as shown in the movie “Life as we know it” with Katherine Heigl and Josh Duhamel. In this movie they are both friends and godparents of the daughter of a friend and after her parents pass away, they are left to raise her and willing do so as a way to return the favor for past actions and debts. Dawkins explains how any altruism to strangers is really just being kind a courteous because there aren’t many risks people would take for strangers unless the pay off is worth it. Instead people try to help family only and even then there is a limit to far off the family tree to go. First cousins possibly being as far as possible before altruism becomes being kind again only for the fact that they are family. Altruism only truly takes place if there are grave dangers possible or large consequences either wise it wouldn’t be such a big thing to worry about. Altruism would be taking place all the time then if it weren’t there weren’t risks.
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