Norms shaped by kin altruism and group solidarity are not necessarily moral norms.

Evidence

According to a second, narrower approach to morality, many norms, including some norms associated with a sense of rights and duties, are not moral norms. Not only are parental care or in-group versus out-group preferences largely governed by domain-specific dispositions such as kin altruism or group solidarity, but also these dispositions are typically given a normative expression in thought and in communication (with important cultural variability). This, however, is not enough to make these norms moral norms. This approach does not deny that considerations of fairness are relevant to behavior in these domains and that fairness-based, hence truly moral norms may also apply. It is often difficult, moreover, to pry apart norms that are truly based on the moral sense from norms that are based on other dispositions, and some norms may be either ambiguous or mixed in this respect. — Nicolas Baumard, A mutualistic approach to morality, 693

Categorization

• DEFINE: Distinguishes genuinely moral ‘fairness-based’ norms from norms arising from other evolved dispositions like kin altruism and group solidarity — a usable conceptual boundary.
• XREF: Connects to the reader’s Big God / partner-choice framework: the fumi-e ritual forces observable apostasy to pry apart ‘truly moral’ commitment from merely social norm-following. — connects to: Sympathy is not intrinsically moral because it serves partiality, not impartiality. — Nicolas Baumard, A mutualistic approach to morality: The…, 660; Moral norms differ by relationship type, not by one universal strategy. — Nicolas Baumard, A mutualistic approach to morality: The…, 334; Group solidarity and in-group favoritism derive from mutualistic relationships, not independent moral rules. — Nicolas Baumard, A mutualistic approach to morality: The…, 705 (+6 more)

Related

• Group solidarity and in-group favoritism derive from mutualistic relationships, not independent moral rules. (similarity 0.89)
• Moral norms differ by relationship type, not by one universal strategy. (similarity 0.87)
• Moral behavior depends on self-control, but kin altruism does not. (similarity 0.86)
• Self-regulation, not fairness alone, enables prosocial culture. (similarity 0.83)
• Morality extends beyond fairness among strangers to relational obligations (similarity 0.81)
• Morality is an evolved sense of fairness, not a late intellectual achievement (similarity 0.80)
• Human morality may rest on a general normativizing capacity, not a dedicated fairness module. (similarity 0.79)
• Cooperation and morality are distinct categories. (similarity 0.79)
• Morality is about fair cooperation, not maximizing welfare. (similarity 0.79)
• Moral psychology broadened fairness-only models to include purity, hierarchy, and coalition domains. (similarity 0.79)
• Fairness is not reducible to mutualistic partner choice. (similarity 0.79)
• Morality evolved as a propensity for fair cost-benefit sharing among cooperators. (similarity 0.79)
• Market models explain why moral standards vary across contexts, groups, and individuals. (similarity 0.79)
• Reciprocal altruism is really mutualism, not altruism (similarity 0.79)
• Morality evolves from individual partner-choice competition, not group selection. (similarity 0.79)

Broader Connections

• Group solidarity and in-group favoritism derive from mutualistic relationships, not independent moral rules. #corroborates (0.85) — Nicolas Baumard, A mutualistic approach to morality, 705
• Moral norms differ by relationship type, not by one universal strategy. #corroborates (0.80) — Nicolas Baumard, A mutualistic approach to morality, 334
• Human ultrasociality rests on cultural moral systems and reciprocity rather than kin selection. #qualifies (0.80) — Nowak, M. A., & Sigmund, K, Evolution of Indirect Reciprocity by…, 6
• Moral behavior depends on self-control, but kin altruism does not. #expands (0.75) — Nicolas Baumard, A mutualistic approach to morality, 249
• More cooperation is not always desirable across all groups. #corroborates (0.72)