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#422 Michael Tomasello: Interdependence, Shared Intentionality, Culture, and Morality

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Is the Reciprocal Altruism the Key to Morality?

i read in your work you talk about three different kinds of morality, the first one derived from kin selection and genetic relatedness. The second one, derived from reciprocal altruism, and the fird one derived from culture. Could you explain at a yes? i would say that the reciprocal altrism is not my er, my preferred explanation, ii like interdependence. So let me explain that. First of the can selectiona everybody agrees on that. You have bees and ants and whatever, where individuals sacrifice for the queen a and and you have mothers. In mammals, you have mothers sacrificing for their offspring. And then it's much easier now for individuals to generalize that to

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