PSYCH 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 24: Social Emotions, Promiscuity, Naturalistic Fallacy
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1: we are moral creatures, we care about our own beliefs and actions as well as how strangers believe and how they act, we treat these moral views as objective, righteous, how desirable is diversity, good diversity. Sexual promiscuity: moral views interfere with lifestyle, considered bad diversity, what can/can"t science tell us about morality, cannot tell us what to believe, naturalistic fallacy: is ought. I. e. sacrificing their own interest for the sake of others: nature is red in tooth and claw . Evolution is driven by: selfish genes, survival of the fittest , selfish genes- can give rise to altruistic animals. Food exchange- increases chances of survival by splitting food and not starving to death: prisoner"s. 2: overview, morality is a fundamental part of human psych, norms, rules, feelings that are concerned with how we treat others, why are we concerned with others at all, levels of analysis.