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Area of Science:

  • Evolutionary Psychology
  • Developmental Psychology
  • Philosophy of Mind

Background:

  • Stanford's dismissal of moral externalization as an ancestral condition.
  • Theories on the evolutionary origins of moral cognition.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To present counterarguments against the dismissal of moral externalization as an ancestral condition.
  • To provide evidence supporting moral externalization as an ancestral state.

Main Methods:

  • Analysis of requirements for ancestral states.
  • Examination of mismatches in theoretical and empirical game theory models.
  • Investigation of passively correlated interactions.
  • Study of social interfaces affecting knowledge of game payoffs.
  • Observation of developmental progression from externalized to subjectivized phenomenology in children.

Main Results:

  • Four counterarguments are presented against Stanford's dismissal.
  • Evidence suggests moral externalization meets criteria for an ancestral condition.
  • Children's developmental trajectory supports externalized phenomenology as primary.

Conclusions:

  • Moral externalization is likely an ancestral condition.
  • Developmental evidence supports the evolutionary primacy of externalized phenomenology.
  • Further research is needed to fully understand the evolutionary trajectory of moral cognition.