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    It is not the case that Weak altruism and strong altruism should not be co-classified.

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    • 1.Functional classification in biology legitimately groups traits by phenotypic effects on fitness differentials, not by generative mechanisms.
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    • 2.Both weak and strong altruism share the same phenotypic criterion: the donor incurs a fitness cost relative to non-donors in the same population.
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    • 3.Sober and Wilson's homeostatic property cluster account of natural kinds supports co-classification when traits share stable functional profiles, regardless of mechanistic divergence.
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    • 1.Kitcher's argument against mechanistic individualism in biology shows that privileging causal mechanism over functional role in taxonomy leads to gerrymandered, explanatorily impoverished categories.
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    • 2.Distinguishing weak from strong altruism by mechanism alone risks obscuring the unified explanatory target—other-benefiting behavior at fitness cost—that sociobiology and ethics both seek to explain.
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    • 1.Weak altruism can evolve without donor-recipient correlation
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    • 2.Strong altruism cannot evolve without donor-recipient correlation
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    • 3.Weak and strong altruism therefore evolve by different evolutionary mechanisms
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