How Did Morality Evolve?
Abstract. This paper presents and criticizes. Alexander's evolutionary theory of morality (1987). Earlier research, on which Alexander's theory is based, is also reviewed. The propensity to create moral systems evolved because it allowed ancestral humans to limit conflict within cooperatin...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Wiley-Blackwell
1991
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Zygon
Year: 1991, Volume: 26, Issue: 1, Pages: 49-89 |
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Morality
B human behavioral biology B Sociobiology B evolutionary theory |
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