I’m not clear on what your alternative explanation is. I understand that you think Boehm is unconvincing—ok—but forced egalitarianism must have been selected for somehow. Do you have a different explanation or do you just reject the notion that it developed evolutionarily?
"From his just-so-story about Altruism, Hobbes comes to the following conclusion about the human nature debate between Hobbes and Rousseau."
I think the first Hobbes in this sentence is meant to be Boehm.
Nice catch! Should be fixed
I’m not clear on what your alternative explanation is. I understand that you think Boehm is unconvincing—ok—but forced egalitarianism must have been selected for somehow. Do you have a different explanation or do you just reject the notion that it developed evolutionarily?