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The relevance of nomadic forager studies to moral foundations theory: moral education and global ethics in the twenty-first century

Fry, Douglas P., Souillac, Geneviève·2013·Journal of Moral Education
DOI 10.1080/03057240.2013.817328
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Moral foundations theory (MFT) proposes the existence of innate psychological systems, which would have been subjected to selective forces over the course of evolution. One approach for evaluating MFT, therefore, is to consider the proposed psychological foundations in relation to the reconstructed Environment of Evolutionary Adaptedness. This study draws upon ethnographic data on nomadic forager societies to evaluate MFT. Moral foundations theory receives support only regarding the Caring/harm and Fairness/cheating foundations but not regarding the proposed Loyalty/betrayal and Authority/subversion foundations. These latter two proposed foundations would seem to reflect the historical classic assumptions of modernity, involving self-interest, competition, individualism, hierarchy, authority and so forth. Studying the ethical dimensions of nomadic forager societies can highlight our biases about the foundations of morality, some of which may be steeped in particularist Western political and social traditions. Some recent developments from cosmopolitanism are discussed as an alternative evolving worldview that parallels nomadic forager ethos.

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Authors
Fry, D. P., & Souillac, G.
Affiliations
  • Åbo Akademi University (FI)
  • University of Tampere (FI)
Corresponding author
Fry, Douglas P.
ORCID
Venue
Journal of Moral Education
Publisher
Informa UK Limited
Published
2013-09
Volume
42
Issue
3
Pages
346-359
ISSN
  • 0305-7240 (ISSN-L)
  • 1465-3877
DOI
10.1080/03057240.2013.817328
OpenAlex
W2084318512
Cited by
18
References
3
Citations by year
2024: 2 · 2023: 1 · 2022: 1 · 2019: 2 · 2018: 2 · 2017: 2 · 2016: 2 · 2015: 2 · 2014: 3 · 2013: 1
FWCI
1.46
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
Journal of Moral Education (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment
  • Social Sciences › Education › Values and Moral Education
  • Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Philosophy › Philosophical Ethics and Theory
Keywords
moral foundations, environment of evolutionary adaptedness, evolutionary psychology of morality, moral education, global ethics, cosmopolitanism, loyalty, authority, individualism, modernity

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Fry, D. P., & Souillac, G. (2013). The relevance of nomadic forager studies to moral foundations theory: moral education and global ethics in the twenty-first century. Journal of Moral Education. https://doi.org/10.1080/03057240.2013.817328