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Evolution, Morality and the Fabric of Society (Hardcover)
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Evolution, Morality and the Fabric of Society (Hardcover)
Series: Elements in the Philosophy of Biology
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Recent interest in the evolution of the social contract is extended
by providing a throughly naturalistic, evolutionary account of the
biological underpinnings of a social contract theory of morality.
This social contract theory of morality (contractevolism) provides
an evolutionary justification of the primacy of a moral principle
of maximisation of the opportunities for evolutionary reproductive
success (ERS), where maximising opportunities does not entail an
obligation on individuals to choose to maximise their ERS. From
that primary principle, the moral principles of inclusion,
individual sovereignty (liberty) and equality can be derived. The
implications of these principles, within contractevolism, are
explored through an examination of patriarchy, individual
sovereignty and copulatory choices, and overpopulation and
extinction. Contractevolism is grounded in evolutionary dynamics
that resulted in humans and human societies. The most important
behavioural consequences of evolution to contractevolism are
reciprocity, cooperation, empathy, and the most important cognitive
consequences are reason and behavioural modification.
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