Chapter 5. Evolution of Morality

  1. Prof. Dr. Franz M. Wuketits1,
  2. Prof. Dr. Christoph Antweiler2
  1. Camilo J. Cela-Conde,
  2. Francisco J. Ayala

Published Online: 7 OCT 2008

DOI: 10.1002/9783527619702.ch5

Book Title

Handbook of Evolution: The Evolution of Human Societies and Cultures, Volume 1

Handbook of Evolution: The Evolution of Human Societies and Cultures, Volume 1

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How to Cite

Cela-Conde, C. J. and Ayala, F. J. (2008) Evolution of Morality, in Handbook of Evolution: The Evolution of Human Societies and Cultures, Volume 1 (eds F. M. Wuketits and C. Antweiler), WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KCaA, Weinheim. doi: 10.1002/9783527619702.ch5

Editor Information

  1. 1

    Universität Trier, Fachbereich IV, Ethnologie, 54286 Trier, Germany

  2. 2

    Institut fur Wissenschaftstheorie, Universitat Wien, Sensengasse 8, 1090 Wien, Austria

Publication History

  1. Published Online: 7 OCT 2008
  2. Published Print: 17 DEC 2003

ISBN Information

Print ISBN: 9783527308392

Online ISBN: 9783527619702

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Keywords:

  • successive stages;
  • progressively weaker;
  • aristocratic period;
  • mathematical apparatus;
  • language-learning theories

Summary

The prelims comprise:

  • Explaining Moral Behavior

  • Deep Capacities

  • Sociobiological Models of Altruism

  • Kin Selection: Genetic Altruism and Moral Altruism

  • An Evolutionary Model of Moral Behavior - Interpretation

  • Early Moral Behavior

  • Gene-Culture Coevolution

  • Group Selection Reborn

  • References

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