Did religion play a role in the evolution of morality?

The question of whether religion played a role in the evolution of morality can be interpreted in different ways. I consider three. On the first interpretation, “morality” is understood as an evolved faculty for making moral judgments, where moral judgments are a special category of normative judgme...

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Main Author: Stich, Stephen P. 1943- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Routledge [2020]
In: Religion, brain & behavior
Year: 2020, Volume: 10, Issue: 3, Pages: 292-302
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Religion / Moral sense / Moral act
IxTheo Classification:AB Philosophy of religion; criticism of religion; atheism
AD Sociology of religion; religious policy
AE Psychology of religion
NCB Personal ethics
NCC Social ethics
Further subjects:B moral-conventional task
B method of cases
B Evolution of morality
B Cultural Evolution
B Social learning
B norm psychology
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