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Non-mutualistic morality

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 February 2013

Sonya Sachdeva ,
Rumen Iliev  and
Douglas L. Medin
Sonya Sachdeva
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208. s-sachdeva@northwestern.edur-iliev@northwestern.edumedin@northwestern.eduhttp://groups.psych.northwestern.edu/medin/
Rumen Iliev
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208. s-sachdeva@northwestern.edur-iliev@northwestern.edumedin@northwestern.eduhttp://groups.psych.northwestern.edu/medin/
Douglas L. Medin
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208. s-sachdeva@northwestern.edur-iliev@northwestern.edumedin@northwestern.eduhttp://groups.psych.northwestern.edu/medin/
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Abstract

Although mutually advantageous cooperative strategies might be an apt account of some societies, other moral systems might be needed among certain groups and contexts. In particular, in a duty-based moral system, people do not behave morally with an expectation for proportional reward, but rather, as a fulfillment of debt owed to others. In such systems, mutualistic motivations are not necessarily a key component of morality.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 36 , Issue 1 , February 2013 , pp. 99 - 100
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2013

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