ANTH205 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Reciprocal Altruism, Group Selection, Egalitarianism
13 Aug 2016
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Major theories/issues/people/studies/etc. you should know definition of morality: Absolute (apply all the time, in all situations) & situational (apply some of the time) Universal (apply to all people) & particularistic (apply to some people: group value (dependence on group): being a member of a group to benefit individual, Dewaal: basis for morality (conditions for evolution of) Group selection, social species: mutual aid (reciprocal altruism): risky, based on trust. Requires a large brain, stable relationships, frequent contact. In order to be able to punish defection. Want to be altruistic to people who will be altruistic in return: competing individual interest (potential for internal conflict): there will be a conflict of interest. Conflict of interest will happen in any social group. Be able to figure out and internalize the rules. When we push the boundaries, we have to fix the damage of the conflict need to resolve #3 in order to maintain 1 & 2.
