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Evolutionary debunking arguments and the reliability of moral cognition

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dc.contributor.authorFraser, Benjamin
dc.date.accessioned2015-12-10T23:33:22Z
dc.date.issued2014
dc.date.updated2015-12-10T11:27:48Z
dc.description.abstractRecent debate in metaethics over evolutionary debunking arguments against morality has shown a tendency to abstract away from relevant empirical detail. Here, I engage the debate about Darwinian debunking of morality with relevant empirical issues. I present four conditions that must be met in order for it to be reasonable to expect an evolved cognitive faculty to be reliable: the environment, information, error, and tracking conditions. I then argue that these conditions are not met in the case of our evolved faculty for moral judgement.
dc.identifier.issn0031-8116
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1885/69268
dc.publisherKluwer Academic Publishers
dc.sourcePhilosophical Studies
dc.titleEvolutionary debunking arguments and the reliability of moral cognition
dc.typeJournal article
local.bibliographicCitation.issue2
local.bibliographicCitation.lastpage473
local.bibliographicCitation.startpage457
local.contributor.affiliationFraser, Benjamin, College of Arts and Social Sciences, ANU
local.contributor.authoruidFraser, Benjamin, u4089900
local.description.embargo2037-12-31
local.description.notesImported from ARIES
local.identifier.absfor220300 - PHILOSOPHY
local.identifier.absseo970122 - Expanding Knowledge in Philosophy and Religious Studies
local.identifier.ariespublicationU3488905xPUB1974
local.identifier.citationvolume168
local.identifier.doi10.1007/s11098-013-0140-8
local.identifier.scopusID2-s2.0-84894619444
local.identifier.thomsonID000332128700008
local.type.statusPublished Version

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