Evolved morality: The biology and philosophy of human conscience

Waal, Frans B. M. de; Churchland, Patricia Smith; Pievani, Telmo; Parmigiani, Stefano

doi:10.1163/1568539x-00003158

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2014

DOI: 10.1163/1568539x-00003158

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Evolved morality: The biology and philosophy of human conscience

Frans B. M. de Waal

Patricia Smith Churchland

Telmo Pievani

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“…At present, research is conducted to examine the degree to which CU traits are stable personality characteristics (Frick & Moffitt, 2010; Frick, Stickle, Dandreaux, Farrell, & Kimonis, 2005) and if they can be influenced by the environment (Viding, Blair, Moffitt, & Plomin, 2005). Van der Helm, Stams, van der Stel, van Langen, and van der Laan (2012) argue that an open living group climate in youth prison, especially positive contact between staff and inmates (see also Listwan, 2013), a structured and safe environment and possibilities for personal development and growth, can stimulate empathy and subsequently reduction of CU traits (De Waal, Smith-Churchland, Pievani, & Parmigiani, 2014; Viding et al, 2005).…”

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The Relation Between Living Group Climate, Aggression, and Callous-Unemotional Traits in Delinquent Boys in Detention

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Int J Offender Ther Comp Criminol

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Aggression and callous-unemotional (CU) traits are common problems in incarcerated delinquent youth. The present study was conducted to examine whether living group climate was associated with aggression and CU traits in late adolescent male offenders ( N = 156) in a German youth prison. A structural equation model was fitted to the data and showed associations between repression and reactive aggression and CU traits, but no associations between an open and supportive living group climate and aggression and CU traits. Previous research in Dutch youth prisons did not find a relation between repression and aggression, buta relation between a positive living group climate and less aggression. These different findings may reflect differences in the German and Dutch prison system. Implications for practice are discussed.

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The Relation Between Living Group Climate, Aggression, and Callous-Unemotional Traits in Delinquent Boys in Detention

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Helm

Cima

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Int J Offender Ther Comp Criminol

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“…The answer to a question so posed is not necessarily no. This is especially the case since some animal researchers (de Waal et al, 2014;Rowlands, 2016) and many scholars who propose a posthumanist vision of human-animal relations (e.g., Peter Singer, Tom Regan, Gary Francione) more or less draw attention to the relationship between the various aspects indicative of animal subjectivity, with the notion of "animal personality" and/or "animal person" as specific axes of this approach. The proposals are now no longer focused solely on hominids, but also apply to domesticated animals, including livestock.…”

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From Animal Personality to Animal Individuality in Farm Animals – A Review

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Nowicki

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Annals of Animal Science

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As a result of the domestication process and systematic breeding, livestock species have been shaped as donors of animal goods for humans. The animals’ role so defined, which has remained unchanged for millennia, now faces criticism from intellectuals (posthumanism), pro-animal activists, and increasingly often, postmodern societies. The core aspect of this growing conflict can be described as a relationship between the personality/individuality of farm animals, animals as persons/nonpersons, and animals as moral subjects/agents. This review aims to discuss these relationships in the context of the current state of ethical reflection and knowledge, and in relation to the future of livestock production. It presents problems of definition and research methodology in the field of animal personality, with particular reference to farm animals, characterises the dilemmas of the moral status of animals in the personality/individuality of farm animals – animals as persons/nonpersons – animals as moral subjects/agents, and discusses the relationship between farm animal personality and animal individuality; moreover, it undertakes to analyse the possibilities of individualised treatment of farm animals at the level of future livestock production. It concludes, among other things, that the concept of “animal personality” in relation to farm animals remains undefined in both research and social spaces. While livestock animals remain moral subjects, some ethical concepts attribute to them a wider range of rights intended for personal moral agents. At the same time, it was noted that an individualised approach to animals appears to be one of the most important directions for sourcing food of animal origin in the future, in line with a systematically increasing level of animal welfare.

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“…Voir notamment Joyce (2007); Sinnott-Armstrong (2008); Wright (2010); Kitcher (2011); de Waal et al . (2014).…”

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Les explications par un troisième facteur permettent-elles aux réalistes moraux de relever le défi épistémologique?

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2016

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Les réalistes moraux font face à un défi épistémologique : ils doivent expliquer pourquoi plusieurs jugements moraux qui sont candidats au statut de vérités morales (indépendantes de l’esprit) ont une grande valeur sélective. Est-ce le fruit du hasard? Les pressions évolutives ont-elles permis de retracer ces vérités? La stratégie argumentative qu’ils adoptent le plus communément afin d’expliquer cette corrélation frappante estl’explication par un troisième facteur. Dans cet article, je soutiens qu’elle ne permet pas de relever le défi épistémologique.

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Evolved morality: The biology and philosophy of human conscience

Cited by 9 publications

References 5 publications

The Relation Between Living Group Climate, Aggression, and Callous-Unemotional Traits in Delinquent Boys in Detention

The Relation Between Living Group Climate, Aggression, and Callous-Unemotional Traits in Delinquent Boys in Detention

From Animal Personality to Animal Individuality in Farm Animals – A Review

Les explications par un troisième facteur permettent-elles aux réalistes moraux de relever le défi épistémologique?

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