E. O. Wilson talks on a wide variety of topcs related to social bilology: God, free-will, evolutioin, etc.

IN THIS PAPER, I discuss the relationship between altruism and reciprocity and its relevance to normative and descriptive ethics. On the descriptive level, the paper argues against the strong tendency in biology to dissolve altruism.

ONE OF THE ENDURING UNSETTLED ISSUES OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY is the paradox of collateral altruistic behavior--that is, when some individuals subordinate their own interests and those of their immediate offspring in order to serve the interests of a larger group beyond offspring (Wilson, 1975). How might such behavior evolve if the genes promoting it are at such a disadvantage in competition with genes that oppose it?