Distributive Reason, Morality, Mimesis

Since imitation can be conceived as a type of adaptation, the emergence, in Darwinism, of Adaptation as a fundamental psychological principle suggests that Mimesis transcends its traditional Aristotelian restriction as an 'Aesthetic' topic.  Thus, for example, insofar as Representation is imitative of its object, Mimesis is an Epistemological topic, as well.  Likewise, insofar as, as is plain from earliest childhood behavior, imitation mediates interpersonal relations, it is not only a Moral topic, but, perhaps, the basis of all Morality.  But, imitation presupposes an exemplar.  Thus, Distributive Reason, i. e. the setting of an example, entails a recognition of the Moral significance of Mimesis.