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Moral Reputation: An Evolutionary and Cognitive Perspective
Author(s) -
Sperber Dan,
Baumard Nicolas
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
mind and language
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.905
H-Index - 68
eISSN - 1468-0017
pISSN - 0268-1064
DOI - 10.1111/mila.12000
Subject(s) - reputation , morality , perspective (graphical) , social cognitive theory of morality , cognition , function (biology) , evolutionary psychology , psychology , social psychology , epistemology , sociology , philosophy , computer science , evolutionary biology , social science , artificial intelligence , neuroscience , biology
From an evolutionary point of view, the function of moral behaviour may be to secure a good reputation as a co‐operator. The best way to do so may be to obey genuine moral motivations. Still, one's moral reputation maybe something too important to be entrusted just to one's moral sense. A robust concern for one's reputation is likely to have evolved too. Here we explore some of the complex relationships between morality and reputation both from an evolutionary and a cognitive point of view.