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

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 February 2013

David Kirkby ,
Wolfram Hinzen  and
John Mikhail
David Kirkby
Affiliation:
Department of Philosophy, Durham University, Durham DH1 3HN, United Kingdom. d.j.kirkby@durham.ac.ukwolfram.hinzen@durham.ac.ukhttp://www.dur.ac.uk/philosophy/staff/?id=4296
Wolfram Hinzen
Affiliation:
Department of Philosophy, Durham University, Durham DH1 3HN, United Kingdom. d.j.kirkby@durham.ac.ukwolfram.hinzen@durham.ac.ukhttp://www.dur.ac.uk/philosophy/staff/?id=4296
John Mikhail
Affiliation:
Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, DC 20001. jm455@law.georgetown.eduhttp://www.law.georgetown.edu/faculty/mikhail/
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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.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 36 , Issue 1 , February 2013 , pp. 94 - 95
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2013

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