TY - JOUR
T1 - Green beards and signaling
T2 - Why morality is not indispensable
AU - Handfield, Toby
AU - Thrasher, John James
AU - Garcia Gallego, Julian Andres
PY - 2018
Y1 - 2018
N2 - We argue that although objectivist moral attitudes may facilitate cooperation, they are not necessary for the high levels of cooperation in humans. This is implied by evolutionary models that articulate a mechanism underlying Stanford's account, and is also suggested by the ability of merely conventional social norms to explain extreme human behaviors.
AB - We argue that although objectivist moral attitudes may facilitate cooperation, they are not necessary for the high levels of cooperation in humans. This is implied by evolutionary models that articulate a mechanism underlying Stanford's account, and is also suggested by the ability of merely conventional social norms to explain extreme human behaviors.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85065792138&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1017/S0140525X18000080
DO - 10.1017/S0140525X18000080
M3 - Comment / Debate
C2 - 31064479
AN - SCOPUS:85065792138
SN - 0140-525X
VL - 41
SP - e103-e103
JO - Behavioral and Brain Sciences
JF - Behavioral and Brain Sciences
ER -