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Competition and cooperation
ConceptCompetition for resources and coordinated action can both shape social outcomes.
Explanation or usage
Competition concerns incompatible claims, while cooperation organizes joint activity. They can coexist at different levels or within one society. Describing either process does not establish that it is morally right or historically inevitable.
Common misunderstandings
Competition excludes all cooperation, or proves a moral duty to dominate.
In The Lessons of History
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Proposed Chapter 3 context: distinguish the Durants’ biological analogies from modern universal scientific or moral claims.