On Shermer on morality

• Published in: Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences Vol. 1384; no. 1; pp. 63 - 68
• Main Author: Miller, Christian B.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.11.2016; Wiley Subscription Services, Inc
• Subjects: aggression; desire; Ethical Theory; ethics; evolutionary ethics; human nature; Humans; Michael Shermer; Milgram; Morality; Morals; obedience; Social Justice - psychology; Social Justice - trends; obedience; desire; evolutionary ethics; human nature; morality; Milgram; Michael Shermer; aggression; ethics

This is my critical commentary on Michael Shermer's paper “Morality is real, objective, and natural.” Shermer and I agree that morality is both real and objective. Here I raise serious reservations about both Shermer's account of where morality comes from and his account of what morality t...