The origin of human morality: An evolutionary perspective on Mencius’s notion of sympathy
This paper investigates Mencius’s notion of sympathy from the perspective of evolutionary biology. First, I point out that Mencius and evolutionary biologists concur that humans are endowed with a unique ability to sympathize with others beyond kin and friends. Subsequently, I offer an analytic acco...
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Carfax
2022
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Asian philosophy
Year: 2022, Volume: 32, Issue: 4, Pages: 365-382 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Mengzi 372 BC-289 BC
/ Ingroup
/ Sympathy
/ Fremdgruppe
/ Evolutionary psychology
/ Moral sense
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| IxTheo Classification: | AB Philosophy of religion; criticism of religion; atheism BM Chinese universism; Confucianism; Taoism NCC Social ethics |
| Further subjects: | B
mutual dependence
B Commiserating mind B Cooperation B Sympathy B regarding others as oneself or one’s kin B out-group distinction / in-group B Natural Selection |
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