PHIL 1305 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Reciprocal Altruism, Kin Selection, Coevolution
26 Jul 2018
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Psychological egoism the view that people only have one ultimate goal: maximizing their well-being. Gene-culture co-evolution: the evolved capacity to store, respond to, and to transmit cultural norms, including norms of cooperation. In each of these theories, moral feelings play a role in altruistic behavior. De waal: people have misunderstood the relationship between darwinism and morality. Morality is not a thin veneer for self-interest. (glaucon"s view). Moral emotions and motives (empathy, gratitude, sense of fairness) are just as much as part of our nature as our own sel sh motives. Moral emotions combined with the capacity to be an impartial spectator leads to genuine human morality. Building blocks for morality: theory of mind, empathy, resentment or moral outrage, gratitude, sense of fairness or reciprocity. Beethoven"s error: why do people think evolution and morality. Confusing the nastiness of the selection process with what the process produces. "natural selection creates some beautiful things-- like genuine human empathy. "
