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The social origin and moral nature of human thinking

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 October 2010

Jeremy I. M. Carpendale ,
Stuart I. Hammond  and
Charlie Lewis
Jeremy I. M. Carpendale
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC, V5A 1S6, Canada. jcarpend@sfu.ca shammond@sfu.ca http://www.psyc.sfu.ca/people/faculty.php?topic=finf&id=67
Stuart I. Hammond
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC, V5A 1S6, Canada. jcarpend@sfu.ca shammond@sfu.ca http://www.psyc.sfu.ca/people/faculty.php?topic=finf&id=67
Charlie Lewis
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, Fylde College, Lancaster University, Bailrigg, Lancaster LA1 4YF, United Kingdom. c.lewis@lancaster.ac.uk http://www.psych.lancs.ac.uk/people/CharlieLewis.html
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Abstract

Knobe's laudable conclusion that we make sense of our social world based on moral considerations requires a development account of human thought and a theoretical framework. We outline a view that such a moral framework must be rooted in social interaction.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 33 , Issue 4 , August 2010 , pp. 334
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2010

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