Eolution of Moralitys1

Edouard Machery; Ron Mallon

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Eolution of Moralitys1

Edouard Machery, Ron Mallon

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This chapter examines whether morality really evolved, as many philosophers, psychologists, anthropologists, and biologists claim. It distinguishes three possible versions of this claim and reviews the evidence in support of each. It concludes that two versions of the claim that morality evolved are relatively well supported, but that they are unlikely to have significant philosophical consequences, while the stronger version, which is of real interest to philosophers, is in fact empirically unsupported.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	The Moral Psychology Handbook
Publisher	Oxford University Press
ISBN (Electronic)	9780191594496
ISBN (Print)	9780199582143
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199582143.003.0002
State	Published - Sep 1 2010

Keywords

Adaptation
Conventional distinction
Cooperation
Cultural variation
Fairness
Guilt
Moral
Moral emotions
Norms
Shame

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