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An evolutionary contractualist theory of morality

2022-05-24

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<p>Our goal in this paper is to use an evolutionary approach to explain the existence and design features of human moral cognition. Our premise is that humans are under selection to be good cooperative investments. Hence, they face a trade-off between maximizing the immediate gains of each social interaction and maximizing its long-term reputational effects. In a 2-player game, we show, under simplifying assumptio...

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Literature Corpus work: 95ae7bcf-8bf6-56e8-acf4-d961b356e4b8
DOI: 10.31234/osf.io/2hxgu

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