"Why do kindness and self-sacrifice exist?"

[Nicole]

This question absolutely floored me when I got to it in the novel. As a person of faith, and just generally sensitive to the pain of others, I had never considered that there was any other way to aim to live. But now, in the context of natural selection and this novel, this question is so intriguing. What do you think for yourself? And how do you think the novel/Gilbert answers this question? Can your reasoning fit in with that of natural selection?

[Kressel]

We've discussed this on a different thread called "The Prudence Problem." Come check it out!

[Nicole]

Kressel wrote: "We've discussed this on a different thread called "The Prudence Problem." Come check it out!"

Oh awesome, thank you!