Good Actions Come with Good Deeds

Throughout our childhoods they have taught us that we should never do to others what you would not like them to do to you. Due to this kind of ideology is why the nice guy always win. The friendlier you are to someone, the more good actions you will receive. If instead you’re rude to the rest, the only thing that you would win is more enemies. You can be a very caring and nice person, but if somebody treats you bad, why would you be nice with him or her? It wouldn’t make sense. Still there will always be the bigger person that would be willing to forgive and move on. This kind of actions, according to Dawkins, is known as the “Tit for Tat,” where you base your actions on others actions.

Animals, and even humans, are at a constant competition. In the case of the humans, they are always trying to be at the top of the pyramid and some are so ego centric, that they wouldn’t bother bringing others down. Since they are at a constant fight it is sometimes hard to trust the others, and this is why many act in a defensive way. Still there are many good persons that decide to cooperate and this way be a role model for the rest. The genes everybody has can be selfish, but the humans indeed are not and are always able to find a solution for every conflict.

Dawkins then starts to explain a very interesting strategy that was seen during the First World War One: “live-and-let-live.” “It is quite well known that at the Christmas British and German troops briefly fraternized and drank together in no-man´s-land.”(Pg.225) This is an example of how humans decided to make a truce for a moment and help each other. By putting the war to a side, they were able to enjoy a happy night without having the feeling that they could be betrayed at any moment. By cooperating with each other they demonstrated that people could be friends even though they practice different cultures and have other ideologies.