How Virtue Was Born.
This paper summarizes the Opening Lecture of the European Forum Alpbach 2017 in Tyrol/Austria (https://www.alpbach.org/de/). It deals with the evolution of cooperation throughout the history of life on Earth, and in particular human cooperation based on partnership. It emphasizes the role of institutions providing incentives for cooperation, and the role of praise and blame in guiding our actions. This helps for a better understanding of the social contract, based on evolutionary biology and psychology.
['Nowak|Martin A|MA|', 'Sigmund|Karl|K|']
D000818:Animals D005075:Biological Evolution D003299:Cooperative Behavior D003468:Cultural Evolution D028663:Ethical Theory D005260:Female D006801:Humans D008297:Male D009014:Morals D000069497:Origin of Life D012919:Social Behavior D028722:Virtues
Evolution Cooperation Partnership Institutions Social contract Endosymbiosis