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Is all morality or just prosociality externalized?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 May 2018

Michael J. Poulin
Michael J. Poulin*
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Department of Psychology, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY 14260. mjpoulin@buffalo.edu https://ubwp.buffalo.edu/scope/
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Abstract

It is more likely that externalized morality that facilitated cooperation (externalized prosociality) was selected for versus other types of moral impulses. Recent research suggests that those other moral impulses may actually be at root prosocial, in that judgments about them are indirectly about avoidance of harm. Externalized prosociality may help explain why prosocial behavior benefits individuals.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 41 , 2018 , e110
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2018 

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