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Really? I'd thought that was generally understood - that was the whole point of Tit for Tat, after all, that it could both reward cooperative behavior and punish defection. One without the other is useless: kindness without cruelty is weak, cruelty without kindness self-destructs.
But the point I'm trying to get across isn't about altruism, but group-friendly behavior in general. Altruism is an important subcategory, certainly, but there's a wider case to be made.
And Eliezer is STILL wrong in his earlier quoted statement. Why am I not surprised?