title: Partner choice, fairness, and the extension of morality.
abstract: Our discussion of the commentaries begins, at the evolutionary level, with issues raised by our account of the evolution of morality in terms of partner-choice mutualism. We then turn to the cognitive level and the characterization and workings of fairness. In a final section, we discuss the degree to which our fairness-based approach to morality extends to norms that are commonly considered moral even though they are distinct from fairness.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Cognitive and Evolutionary Anthropology, University of Oxford, Oxford OX2 6PN, United Kingdom. nbaumard@gmail.com
authors.forename: Nicolas
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Baumard
authors.forename: Jean-Baptiste
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: André
authors.forename: Dan
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Sperber
mesh_terms: D002755:Choice Behavior; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008393:Marriage; D009014:Morals; D012747:Sexual Partners