当代有关利他主义的讨论迅速转向生物进化的解释。

Contemporary discussions of altruism quickly turn to evolutionary explanations.

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也许进化为人类婴儿提供了好奇心，和解释他世界的自然动力。

Perhaps evolution provided human babies with curiosity and a natural drive to explain their worlds.

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例如，进化心理学正被文学学者用来解释小说中的主题和情节设计。

For example, evolutionary psychology is being used by literary scholars to explain the themes and plot devices in fiction.

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The most altruistic behavior of all, giving your life to help another, can be explained in cold-blooded evolutionary terms.

最利他的行为，就是为他人牺牲自己，这也可以用毫无人情味的进化论来解释。

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And you might think that the existence of these feelings is a mystery from an evolutionary point of view.

你们可能会认为,这些情感,是无法用进化的观点来解释的。

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We, too, understand the relevance of what we call "the society function."] Rather it must be elucidated in its full extent through the problem of the evolution of literature.

你们不要以为我们很幼稚,我们也明白社会功能的意义是什么],但是我们必须用,文学进化的角度来解释它的功能。

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