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a) Evaluate two theories of altruism. Altruism is a type of pro-social behaviour which is to help someone but the helping person has no intention of gaining reward or socially or materially. For e.g. when a plane crashed into the Potomac River in Washington in 1982 the waters were freezing yet still two men helped by jumping in the freezing water and helping people out, with a risk to their lives. It is argued that these acts are altruistic (unselfish), or whether they are driven by egoistic motivation. There are many theories of altruistic behaviour, two of which are the natural selection theory and the kin selection theory. The natural selection theory was suggested by sociobiologists and says that altruism happens because of several years of evolution. This means that the best-adapted behaviours are more likely to survive and be passed on from generation to generation. It is suggested that egoism would...

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