Hamilton vs. Kant: Pitting adaptations for altruism against adaptations for moral judgment

Evolution and Human Behavior

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 323-333

  Kurzban, Robert ^a   DeScioli, Peter ^b   Fein, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Altruism; Inclusive fitness; Judgment decision making; Kin selection; Morality; Reasoning

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862490534     PISSN: 10905138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2011.11.002     Document Type: Article

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