This was one of the earliest debates on group selection.
But modern population genetics rejected the idea of "group selection."
For several decades, critiques cast serious doubt on group selection as a major mechanism of evolution.
These two properties, rare in genetic transmission, are necessary for group selection to operate.
Morality and religion, he suspects, are traits based on group selection.
This idea, known as group selection, was to become the focus of much passionate debate and ridicule over the years.
By the way, strictly for those with a professional interest, there is an analogy here with the argument over group selection.
Viewed in this way, there is no conflict whatever between individual selection and group selection.
It is important to note that this argument has not settled the issue of group selection however.
He was best known for his vigorous critique of group selection.