Moralization of preferences and conventions and the dynamics of tribal formation

Stanford casts original light on the question of why humans moralize some preferences. However, his account leaves some ambiguity around the relationship between the evolutionary function of moralization and the dynamics of tribal formation. Does the model govern these dynamics, or only explain why...

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Published inThe Behavioral and brain sciences Vol. 41; p. e111
Main Author Ross, Don
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New York, USA Cambridge University Press 2018
Subjects
Adaptation
Conventions
Dairy products
Dynamics
Human behavior
Ice cream
Ice formation
Morality
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Summary:Stanford casts original light on the question of why humans moralize some preferences. However, his account leaves some ambiguity around the relationship between the evolutionary function of moralization and the dynamics of tribal formation. Does the model govern these dynamics, or only explain why there are moralizing dispositions that more conventional modeling of the dynamics can exploit?
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ISSN:0140-525X
1469-1825
DOI:10.1017/S0140525X1800016X