title: Why there might not be an evolutionary explanation for psychological altruism.
abstract: The existence of psychological altruism is hotly debated in the psychological and philosophical literature. In this paper I argue that even if psychological altruism does exist in some (or all) human groups, there may be no purely evolutionary explanation for existence of psychological altruism.
authors.affiliation: Department of Philosophy & Center for Cognitive Science, Rutgers University, United States. Electronic address: stich.steve@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Stephen
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Stich
mesh_terms: D000533:Altruism; D005075:Biological Evolution; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D006801:Humans; D066262:Social Norms
keywords: Altruism; Cultural evolution; Daniel Batson; Norm acquisition; Psychological altruism