Egoism, Species, Adaptation

The contemporary association of 'morality' with collective values, in both specialist and casual contexts, tends to obscure that Egoism is one of the oldest and still commonest, e. g. Capitalism, of Moral doctrines.  Now, Egoism does not refute the thesis that Morality is an internal organization of a Species for adaptive purposes.  For, it can arise when a social homogeneity, itself of adaptive value, becomes stagnant, and stifles vitality.  In European history, such stagnation afflicts the late Medieval era, characterized by a Morality of submission to Theological authority.  A transition to Egoism is thus signalled by Descartes' Cognito, and Locke's Tabula Rasa Sense-Experience.  Furthermore, just as the concept of Individual both distinguishes and is generic, such Egoism both dissolves localized social homogeneity, and prepares for a more general assimilation, i. e. every Human is an Individual Human.  So, there is nothing paradoxical about the concept of Egoism as an adaptive strategy of the Species, which entails that Universalism is not an eternal normative principle.  Accordingly, contemporary political rhetoric in which routine Capitalist behavior is classified as 'immoral' only devalues Morality, thereby neutralizing what might be legitimate criticism.