Wednesday, June 24, 2009

evolution of morals

http://www.bio.umass.edu/biology/podos/Lahti_Biopage/Publications/lahti&weinsteinEHB05.pdf
The better angels of our nature: group stability and the evolution of moral tension, BDavid C. Lahtia,*, Bret S. WeinsteinEvolution and Human Behavior 26 (2005) 47–63


Richard Alexander has shown that two related facts are key elements in an evolutionary
understanding of morality. First, humans bevolved to live in groups, within which they both
cooperate and compete and outside of which they presumably failed consistently.

good overview: http://www.utilitarian.net/singer/by/200510--.pdf

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