Generalization and the experience of obligations as externally imposed: Distinct contributors to the evolution of human cooperation

Elizabeth O'Neill

doi:10.1017/S0140525X18000134

Generalization and the experience of obligations as externally imposed: Distinct contributors to the evolution of human cooperation

Elizabeth O'Neill

Philosophy & Ethics

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Abstract

It is worth distinguishing two phenomena involved in moral externalization: the experience of moral obligations as externally imposed and the tendency to generalize moral obligations. I propose that each played a distinct role in creating the conditions under which characteristically human cooperation could evolve.

Original language	English
Article number	e108
Journal	Behavioral and Brain Sciences
Volume	41
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1017/S0140525X18000134
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 2018

Keywords

Humans
Ice Cream
Interpersonal Relations
Moral Obligations
Morals
National Socialism

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O'Neill, E. (2018). Generalization and the experience of obligations as externally imposed: Distinct contributors to the evolution of human cooperation. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 41, [e108]. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0140525X18000134

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