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May 28, 2007 · The townspeople insist on forcibly educating the caveman on Christian dogma and Moralton thinking in general, called Geniusis – a mix of Genesis and „genius”. After re-education and a complete grooming change, the Missing Link becomes "Link McMissons"—a now popular right-wing talk radio host. His star, however, quickly falls when ...
May 5, 2021 · Abstract. The dominant theory of the evolution of moral cognition across a variety of fields is that moral cognition is a biological adaptation to foster social cooperation. This chapter argues, to the contrary, that moral cognition is likely an evolutionary exaptation: a form of cognition where neurobiological capacities selected for in our ...
- Marcus Arvan
- marvan@ut.edu
- 2021
Sep 26, 2009 · Here, in textbook style, is a concise biological account of the evolution of morality. It addresses morality on three levels: moral outcomes (behavioral genetics), moral motivation or intent (psychology and neurology), and moral systems (sociality). The rationale for teaching this material is addressed in Allchin (2009). Classroom resources (including accompanying images and video links) and a ...
- Douglas Allchin
- allch001@umn.edu
- 2009
Dec 19, 2008 · So in order to discredit such competing moral views, they claim that one can tell debunking evolutionary stories to ‘explain away’ these non-utilitarian moral beliefs as unreliable products of distorting evolutionary influences: people believe such things only because natural selection shaped human moral psychology in the direction of selfishness and at best parochial altruism, for ...
Here, we review the main brain areas that have been associated with morality at both structural and functional levels and speculate about how it can be studied. Orbital and ventromedial prefrontal cortices are implicated in emotionally-driven moral decisions, while dorsolateral prefrontal cortex appears to moderate its response.
Jan 18, 2019 · Moral Foundations Dictionary (Graham et al., 2011) Moral Disengagement Scale (Bandura, Barbaranelli, Caprara, & Pastorelli, 1996) Sensitivity to Injustice (Schmitt et al., 2005) Sociomoral Reflection Measure–Short Form (SRM-SF) (Gibbs et al., 1992) Beliefs About Morality (BAM) (Bergner & Ramon, 2013) Dubious Behaviors (Jones, 1990)
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Similarly, despite their universality, human moral capacities and tendencies might in principle trace back to spandrels of consciousness, though again this isn't the most common view. 4. This results from the fact that while females are genetically normal, males develop from unfertilized eggs, fatherless and haploid, containing only one set of chromosomes bequeathed by the mother.
