"Post Darwinian Societies Seminar" #1

"Homo Moralis, a model of moral behavior grounded on evolutionary arguments".
Ingela ALGER (TSE IAST) et Jean-François LASLIER (PSE)

“Survival of the fittest” is often taken to imply that human life must be the Hobbesian “solitary, poor, nasty, brutish and short.” However, recent theoretical analyses of the evolution of preferences guiding behaviors of individuals show, on the contrary, that natural selection promotes a particular form of preferences, which may be interpreted as implying a partial Kantian moral concern. The talk will provide a precise account of the ultimate forces behind this result, and discuss implications of the said preferences.