Moral fairness may itself have been shaped by natural selection.
Evidence
Actually, two contractualist philosophers, John Rawls and David Gauthier, have argued that moral judgments are based on a sense of fairness that, they suggested, has been naturally selected. — Nicolas Baumard, A mutualistic approach to morality, 12
Categorization
- XREF: Connects to the reader’s reading purpose frame — the Big God / evolved-morality debate behind the Rodrigues reading. — connects to: Moral obligations require overriding force that natural selection doesn’t explain — Nicolas Baumard, A mutualistic approach to morality: The…, 512; Morality evolves in two steps, from selfish reciprocity to intrinsic fairness. — Nicolas Baumard, A mutualistic approach to morality: The…, 73; Morality evolved as a propensity for fair cost-benefit sharing among cooperators. — Nicolas Baumard, A mutualistic approach to morality: The…, 266 (+8 more)
Related
- Morality is an evolved sense of fairness, not a late intellectual achievement (similarity 0.89)
- Morality evolved as a propensity for fair cost-benefit sharing among cooperators. (similarity 0.87)
- Moral obligations require overriding force that natural selection doesn’t explain (similarity 0.87)
- Morality evolves from individual partner-choice competition, not group selection. (similarity 0.85)
- Morality evolves in two steps, from selfish reciprocity to intrinsic fairness. (similarity 0.85)
- Human morality may rest on a general normativizing capacity, not a dedicated fairness module. (similarity 0.84)
- Morality evolved because fair partners were preferred in cooperative interactions (similarity 0.84)
- Morality may have evolved via partner choice over partner control (similarity 0.84)
- Fairness evolved as a psychological device because outside market options constrain benefit distribution. (similarity 0.83)
- Morality extends beyond fairness among strangers to relational obligations (similarity 0.83)
- Meritocratic fairness norms evolved as adaptations to partner-choice markets (similarity 0.83)
- Deriving fairness from bargaining power threatens to reduce moral norms to mere bargaining. (similarity 0.83)
- Morality is about fair cooperation, not maximizing welfare. (similarity 0.83)
- Fairness evolved to distribute payoffs by input, not equally. (similarity 0.82)
- Fairness-based morality is uniquely human despite similar selective conditions in animals. (similarity 0.82)
Broader Connections
- Morality is an evolved sense of fairness, not a late intellectual achievement
#corroborates(0.95) — Nicolas Baumard, A mutualistic approach to morality, 656 - Morality evolved as a propensity for fair cost-benefit sharing among cooperators.
#corroborates(0.90) — Nicolas Baumard, A mutualistic approach to morality, 266 - Morality evolved because fair partners were preferred in cooperative interactions
#corroborates(0.90) — Nicolas Baumard, A mutualistic approach to morality, 4 - Moral obligations require overriding force that natural selection doesn’t explain
#contradicts(0.85) — Nicolas Baumard, A mutualistic approach to morality, 512 - Morality evolves in two steps, from selfish reciprocity to intrinsic fairness.
#expands(0.75) — Nicolas Baumard, A mutualistic approach to morality, 73 - Fairness evolved as a psychological device because outside market options constrain benefit distribution.
#expands(0.75) — Nicolas Baumard, A mutualistic approach to morality, 201