Intersexual Relations

" This theory does not claim that we are only virtuous when we want sex; rather, it suggests that moral emotions, judgments, and reasoning were favored during courtship between our ancestors. Their sexual choices were not satisfied with a few tokens of romantic generosity. They selected instincts to provide for the common good even at high personal risk. They selected principled moral leadership capable of keeping peace, resolving conflict, and punishing crime. They selected unprecedented levels of sexual fidelity, good parenting, fair play, and charitable generosity They helped to shape the human capacity for sympathy They helped to make us reasonably agreeable, sincere, and socially responsive. It is a remarkable achievement for an evolutionary process that began with amoral bacteria, and unfolded through pure genetic self-interest right up to the moment when each of us was conceived."

On creativity and humor pg. 392

"evolution favors unpredictable behavior in many animals, and suggests that these capacities for randomness may have been amplified into human creativity through sexual and social selection. We shall see that behaviors are often randomized by evolutionary design, not by accident. Creativity is not just a side-effect of chaotic neural activity in large brains: it evolved for a reason, partly as an indicator of intelligence and youthfulness, and partly as a way of playing upon our attraction to novelty. By understanding how natural selection can favor unpredictable strategies in competitive situations, we may better understand how sexual selection could favor the benign unpredictability of creativity and humor in courtship. "

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