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>Not even sure that's true. He's burdened (or otherwise) with his DNA.
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>According to Dawkins, Steve Jones et al there's a gene for altruism. 'The origins of virtue' by Matt Ridley is worth reading.....
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>I'm sure there are genes that might predispose certain people towards certain areas. But that's it - just a predisposition. No one is born with any innate ideas nor any content.

That statement is a bit self-contradictory. If there is a pre-disposition then you are born with innate ideas.

Dawkins claims that our sole motivation is to ensure the survival of our genes and, after all, every one of your ancestors, by definition, was good at it :-}
Coincidentally this cropped up on the beeb recently : http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-24457645

Another good book on the subject: "In the Blood : God, Genes and Destiny" Steve Jones.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/In-Blood-God-Genes-Destiny/dp/0002555123

From the description:
"'In the Blood' shows how genetics is coming uncomfortably close to the questions asked by philosophy, theology and even politics. It deals with issues of fate, of life and of death. To some, science threatens human autonomy. If everything is in the genes, what is left for free will? If man is but a glorified ape, where is the soul? Indeed, if society is just a mechanism for ensuring that genes are transmitted, what room is there for good and evil?"