On the Sense of Justice from the Evolutionary Perspective
The analysis of the origins of the sense of justice pursued in the paper revolves around the distinction between the rudimentary and the genuine sense of justice. It is argued that only the rudimentary sense of justice is a biological adaptation; that thereby the genuine sense of justice cannot be explained on purely biological grounds; and that the rudimentary sense of justice is «Janus-faced» – rational-emotional in character, as it is constrained greed plus a bundle of emotions. The paper also presents two ways in which the genuine sense of justice can develop out of its rudimentary form.
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- 1. Three perspectives for analysing the origins of our moral tendencies1
- 2. The concept of justice
- 3. Two pure types of the sense of justice
- 4. The rudimentary sense of justice as a biological adaptation
- 4.1. Constrained greed
- 4.2. A bundle of emotions
- 4.2.1. Envy
- 4.2.2. The instinct for retaliation
- 4.2.3. Gratitude
- 4.2.4. The sense of guilt
- 4.2.5. Digression
- 5. From the rudimentary to the genuine sense of justice
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