Naslov
Sexual Selection, Moral Virtues, and Methodological Vices

Autori
Bracanović, Tomislav

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Sažeci sa skupova, sažetak, znanstveni

Izvornik
EPSA 2009: Second Conference of the European Philosophy of Science Association / - Amsterdam : European Philosophy of Science Association, 2009, 46-46

Skup
EPSA 2009: Second Conference of the European Philosophy of Science Association

Mjesto i datum
Amsterdam, Nizozemska, 21.10.2009. - 24.10.2009

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Predavanje

Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija

Ključne riječi
Sexual selection; moral virtues; moral reasoning; sex differences; auxiliary hypotheses; falsifiability

Sažetak
Geoffrey Miller’s (2000, 2007) theory that morality is “a system of sexually selected handicaps” seems incompatible with the prevailing view in contemporary moral psychology according to which no sex differences in moral reasoning exist. However, if morality is a sexually selected trait, there are several reasons why there should be sex differences in moral reasoning. Although Miller avoids such objections by using auxiliary hypotheses that explain similarity of male and female minds despite sexual selection, it is argued that these auxiliary hypotheses turn into methodological vices of the theory, rendering it nearly immune to empirical testing.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Filozofija

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