Madsen et al.(2007)found that participants showed a greater willingness to suffer longer for a close relative than for a distant relative.This finding is consistent with

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The finding that people are more willing to suffer for a close relative than for a distant one is consistent with kin selection, which suggests that we are more altruistic towards genetically related individuals because this maximizes the survival of our genes.

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