Moral Origins: The Evolution of Virtue, Altruism, and Shame

By Christopher Boehm. 2012

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Subfields: Cognitive Neuroscience, Sociology and Political Science, Philosophy

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Social psychological perspectives on the legitimation of social inequality: Past, present and future (2013, unknown): “Fairness and justice are said to be fundamental human needs (Lerner, 1980; Lerner & Clayton, 2011) that are rooted in evolved dispositions to experience inequity aversion (e.g., Boehm, 2012; Brosnan, 2006).”
Craniofacial Feminization, Social Tolerance, and the Origins of Behavioral Modernity (2014, background): “In recent nomadic foragers, aggressive men are liable to be socially ostracized, exiled, or executed (Boehm 2012).”
The evolutionary anthropology of war (2017, background): “Finally, the occurrence of parochial altruism can in theory be explained as a result of social dynamics occurring entirely within groups, without the need to invoke warfare (Boehm, 2012).”
Moralized Leadership: The Construction and Consequences of Ethical Leader Perceptions (2015, background): “The liberty/oppression moral foundation’s origins can be traced to the adaptive challenge of protecting oneself against alpha males who would otherwise seek to manipulate the group for personal gain (Boehm, 2012).”
Social Class and Prosocial Behavior (2016, background): “In contrast, public contexts tend to make reputational concerns more salient (Boehm, 2012; Flynn, Reagans, Amantullah, & Ames, 2006; Rand & Nowak, 2013; Sperber & Baumard, 2012), and concerns about reputation and impression management are heightened among upper relative to lower class individuals…”
Tribal Social Instincts and the Cultural Evolution of Institutions to Solve Collective Action Problems (2012, unknown): “Too-fractious individuals might be driven from the group by collective action, for example (Boehm 1993, 2012).”
The evolutionary psychology of leadership (2014, background): “…from the anthropological evidence of past and present hunter-gather societies such as the Kung San in Southern Africa, the Hadza in Tanzania, and the Ache in Paraguay we have a fairly good idea of what leadership may have looked like in the environment in which humans evolved (Boehm, 1999, 2012).”