PSYC 472 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Correlated Equilibrium, Incest, Consequentialism
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Most telling factor to whether ego will rank friend higher or lower is where that person ranks ego in their ranking (by far, over any other factor) Claims: morality is not altruism, the mechanisms underlying moral judgment aren"t designed for altruism, morality is for dynamic coordination. Moral systems are interlocking sets of values and evolved psychological mechanisms that work together to suppress or regulate selfishness. Altruism is delivering someone else a benefit at a cost to yourself. Altruistic but not moral: john donated ,000 to the kkk, anne worked as a prostitute so her husband could go back to college, jack bauer tortured a man to save five potential victims. Right and wrong can"t be defined because they are the ultimate terms of reference. Morality is atomic can"t be broken down into further evolutionary motivations. Key: something that is immoral is not necessarily harmful/something that is moral is not necessarily beneficial.
