Sober and Wilson's levels-of-selection analysis shows that what appears as altruism under perfect correlation is better described as group selection, not genuine other-directed sacrifice.

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Genuine other-directed sacrifice(as what the behavior is NOT, according to this analysis): True selflessness where you give something up for someone else's benefit when it genuinely costs you and doesn't benefit you or your relatives in return.
Group selection(as used in philosophy of biology and evolutionary theory): An evolutionary theory suggesting that natural selection can act on entire groups or populations, not just on individual organisms competing with each other.
Levels-of-selection analysis(as the theoretical approach being described): A framework for understanding evolution that asks: do traits evolve because they help individual organisms survive, because they help groups survive, or both?
Perfect correlation(as used in statistics and logic): A situation where two things always happen together in exactly the same way—if one changes, the other changes in a predictable pattern.

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