CGSC 1001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Tribalism, Ethnocentrism, Deontological Ethics
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They evolved to help us take care of the other people in our groups. But not so much people outside our groups. : i care about myself and my family. All animals have instincts for gene-preservation (w/ exceptions) Sharing food used to be a life-and-death matter for us. : i care about us, but not them. Evolved morals in humans took care of this. Anthropological survey shows that ethnocentrism is universal. I care about all people or creatures that can have positive or negative experiences. In general, evolved and well-learned behaviours work faster than deliberate ones. When you force people to play a prisoner"s dilemma game quickly, they are more likely to cooperate. Greene"s experiment reveals that there are two competing systems for our moral considerations: The first is some kind of rational, utilitarian calculus which makes switch cases permissible. The second is an emotional reaction caused by a dislike of getting our hands dirty .