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What Morality Means What Morality Means An Interdisciplinary Synthesis for the Social Sciences Kevin McCaffree WHAT MORALITY MEANS Copyright © Kevin McCaffree 2015 Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 2015 978-1-137-44928-3 All rights reserved. No reproduction, copy or transmission of this publication may be made without written permission. No portion of this publication may be reproduced, copied or transmitted save with written permission. In accordance with the provisions of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, or under the terms of any licence permitting limited copying issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency, Saffron House, 6-10 Kirby Street, London EC1N 8TS. Any person who does any unauthorized act in relation to this publication may be liable to criminal prosecution and civil claims for damages. First published 2015 by PALGRAVE MACMILLAN The author has asserted their right to be identified as the author of this work in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. Palgrave Macmillan in the UK is an imprint of Macmillan Publishers Limited, registered in England, company number 785998, of Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire, RG21 6XS. Palgrave Macmillan in the US is a division of Nature America, Inc., One New York Plaza, Suite 4500, New York, NY 10004-1562. Palgrave Macmillan is the global academic imprint of the above compa- nies and has companies and representatives throughout the world. ISBN 978-1-349-58054-5 ISBN 978-1-137-44929-0 (eBook) DOI 10.1057/9781137449290 Distribution in the UK, Europe and the rest of the world is by Palgrave Macmillan®, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited, registered in England, company number 785998, of Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data McCaffree, Kevin J., 1985– What morality means : an interdisciplinary synthesis for the social sciences / Kevin McCaffree. pages cm Includes bibliographical references and index. 1. Social ethics. 2. Ethics. 3. Moral conditions. I. Title. HM665.M42 2015 303.3’72—dc23 2015014808 A catalogue record of the book is available from the British Library. To my Mom and Dad. Contents List of Illustrations ix Acknowledgments x i 1 Toward an Integrative Theory of Morality 1 2 The Origins of Morality 7 3 Perceptual Partitioning in Human History 29 4 The Cognitive and Interactional Dynamics of Morality 85 5 Subjective Morality 111 6 Reflections 149 Notes 159 Bibliography 163 Index 183 Illustrations Tables 2.1 Mechanisms of Morality in Humans 25 4.1 Status Dynamics Influencing Perceptual Overlap 98 4.2 Exchange Dynamics Influencing Perceptual Overlap 104 4.3 Social Mechanisms, Moderators, and Mediators of Perceptual Overlap 105 5.1 Cognitive Biases Driving False Moral Beliefs 136 Figures 4.1 Example 1: Social Mechanisms, Moderators, and Mediators of Perceptual Overlap 1 06 4.2 Example 2: Social Mechanisms, Moderators, and Mediators of Perceptual Overlap 1 06
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