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Competitive morality

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Abstract

Baumard et al. argue that partner choice leads to fairness and mutualism, which then form the basis for morality. I comment that mutualism takes us only so far, and I apply the theory of competitive altruism in arguing how strategic investment in behaviours which make one a desirable partner may drive moral conduct.

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Author(s): Roberts G

Publication type: Article

Publication status: Published

Journal: Behavioral and Brain Sciences

Year: 2013

Volume: 36

Issue: 1

Pages: 97-98

Print publication date: 01/02/2013

ISSN (print): 0140-525X

ISSN (electronic): 1469-1825

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0140525X1200091X

DOI: 10.1017/S0140525X1200091X

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