The Naive View Was That Natural Selection Would Always Reward

question 2

Short Answer

The naive view was that natural selection would always reward _____ behavior, and thus it was difficult to explain why an organism would engage in behaviors that had a cost, but Hamilton suggested that the situation was more complicated that this.

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Definitions:

Supremacy Clause

The Supremacy Clause is a provision in the United States Constitution, Article VI, Clause 2, stating that the Constitution, federal laws, and treaties made under it are the supreme law of the land, prevailing over state laws to the contrary.

Eminent Domain

The right of a government to expropriate private property for public use, with compensation.

Fair Market Value

An estimate of the market value of a property, based on what a knowledgeable, willing, and unpressured buyer would likely pay to a knowledgeable, willing, and unpressured seller in the market.

Androcentric

Centered or focused on men, often to the exclusion or marginalization of women and their perspectives.