
John Mikhail on Universal Moral Grammar
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The Moral Case for Language
Chomsky: It's a two-step argument in the case of language. First, we have to appeal to unconscious rules to explain linguistic behavior. And secondly, we might appeal to innate knowledge to explain how that rule was acquired. We don't have access into the rule, but nonetheless, by appealing to the rule, we can successfully predict and explain people's moral judgments.
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