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#573 - Dr Victor Kumar - How Did Human Morality Evolve?

Modern Wisdom

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What Is the Human's Moral Mind?

Human moral minds are incredibly diverse across societies. But there are some features that each human being has in common at least as long as they've had proper caregiving in their early childhood. We have a rich set of moral emotions that we feel toward other people especially within our family and social groups. Another aspect is moral norms like not hurting other people, helping people when they are in need of help or respecting others' autonomy. And the third one - which psychologists don't pay enough attention to - is the human capacity for moral reasoning. These are the main ingredients of evolved biocultural morality.

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