@ Unknown: Well, one reason why our point of view is more valid than their’s is that we exist and they don’t.
In addition, it is probably worth stressing that inclusive fitness is not, strictly speaking, the goal of anything at all. Goals only make sense relative to intentions, values and so forth—the usual accoutrements of mentality. These are all things that we humans (and perhaps some other creatures) possess, but which evolution, and our genes, do not. No minds, you see. Despite appearances.
This said, there might be something to be said for engineering or breeding descendants whose drives are more harmonious than our own. For instance, they might be happier. Still, there’s no particular reason why we should choose to make inclusive fitness the goal of all their striving, as opposed to something else.
@ Unknown: Well, one reason why our point of view is more valid than their’s is that we exist and they don’t.
In addition, it is probably worth stressing that inclusive fitness is not, strictly speaking, the goal of anything at all. Goals only make sense relative to intentions, values and so forth—the usual accoutrements of mentality. These are all things that we humans (and perhaps some other creatures) possess, but which evolution, and our genes, do not. No minds, you see. Despite appearances.
This said, there might be something to be said for engineering or breeding descendants whose drives are more harmonious than our own. For instance, they might be happier. Still, there’s no particular reason why we should choose to make inclusive fitness the goal of all their striving, as opposed to something else.