Your theory of the evolution of morality depends upon your theory of morality

Behav Brain Sci. 2013 Feb;36(1):94-5. doi: 10.1017/S0140525X12000830.

Abstract

Baumard et al. attribute to humans a sense of fairness. However, the properties of this sense are so underspecified that the evolutionary account offered is not well-motivated. We contrast this with the framework of Universal Moral Grammar, which has sought a descriptively adequate account of the structure of the moral domain as a precondition for understanding the evolution of morality.

Publication types

  • Comment

MeSH terms

  • Choice Behavior*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Marriage*
  • Morals*
  • Sexual Partners*