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THE BEGINNING AND END OF NEGATIVE MORALITY: AN EVOLUTIONARY PERSPECTIVE.

The article focuses on the evolutionary perspectives regarding the beginning and end of negative morality. According to the author, most of the extensive literature on the evolutionary foundations of morality has focused on the issue of human altruism. He also mentions about traditional philosophica...

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Publicado en:Philosophical Forum Vol. 39; no. 1; pp. 21 - 52
Autor principal: BLACHOWICZ, JAMES
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Wiley-Blackwell Spring2008
Materias:
Ethics
Evolutionary psychology
Altruism
Conduct of life
Social ethics
Social attitudes
Philosophy
Ethical problems
Moral relativism
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Sumario:The article focuses on the evolutionary perspectives regarding the beginning and end of negative morality. According to the author, most of the extensive literature on the evolutionary foundations of morality has focused on the issue of human altruism. He also mentions about traditional philosophical moral theory which is not sufficiently appreciated the distinction between positive and negative morality. Furthermore, the concept of these types of morality are discussed in the article as well as the aspect of first-order incommensurate desire.