The Anti-Naturalistic Fallacy: Evolutionary Moral Psychology and the Insistence of Brute Facts by Alex Walter Ryan Heflin Devon Kelts Suzie Banda Seth Walter, Alex (2006).The anti-naturalistics fallacy: Evolutionary moral psychology and the insistence of brute facts. Evolutionary Psychology. 4,

Main Topics Humes Law: Do not violate the distinction between fact and value. Moore’s “Naturalisitic Fallacy”: don’t jump from “is” to “ought”. “Morality is an illusion of the genes” -Ruse Walter, Alex (2006).The anti-naturalistics fallacy: Evolutionary moral psychology and the insistence of brute facts. Evolutionary Psychology. 4,

Central Argument Against The Anti-naturalistic fallacy: to hold that values are non-natural facts. Walter, Alex (2006).The anti-naturalistics fallacy: Evolutionary moral psychology and the insistence of brute facts. Evolutionary Psychology. 4,

Darwin: Morals As Products of Natural Selection -“Common Fate” Natural Selection- Walter, Alex (2006).The anti-naturalistics fallacy: Evolutionary moral psychology and the insistence of brute facts. Evolutionary Psychology. 4,

Moral Perspectives Ethical Objectivism Moral Realism Moral Skepticism Utilitarian Realism Walter, Alex (2006).The anti-naturalistics fallacy: Evolutionary moral psychology and the insistence of brute facts. Evolutionary Psychology. 4,

Conclusion Evolutionary Psychology can examine ethics by examining how they evolved and what they are “Confined Generosity”: constraining selfish acts for the common good Walter, Alex (2006).The anti-naturalistics fallacy: Evolutionary moral psychology and the insistence of brute facts. Evolutionary Psychology. 4,

The Future: Evolutionary Psych and Ethics Philip Kitchner 1985 Walter, Alex (2006).The anti-naturalistics fallacy: Evolutionary moral psychology and the insistence of brute facts. Evolutionary Psychology. 4,

Weaknesses Seems to slip into a valuation of behavior Walter, Alex (2006).The anti-naturalistics fallacy: Evolutionary moral psychology and the insistence of brute facts. Evolutionary Psychology. 4,

Strengths Evolutionary Psychology as a tool for understanding morals Morals as evolved functions of human psychology not of a transcendent supernatural origin Walter, Alex (2006).The anti-naturalistics fallacy: Evolutionary moral psychology and the insistence of brute facts. Evolutionary Psychology. 4,

Quiz Which is not a moral system talked about in this article? A) moral realism B) nihilism C) moral skepticism D) utilitarian realism The Anti-naturalistic fallacy is? A) what is natural is good B) facts about morality are natural facts C) jumping from “is” to “ought” Who spoke of “common fate” evolution in which individual survival becomes tied to group survival and therefore socials traits are selected in individuals? A) Hume B) Darwin C) Moore D) Walter Walter, Alex (2006).The anti-naturalistics fallacy: Evolutionary moral psychology and the insistence of brute facts. Evolutionary Psychology. 4,

Quiz According to this article evolutionary psychology can contribute to ethics, T or F? The Moral Realism perspective argues that there exists objective morals, T or F? Darwin thought, ‘what is natural is good’, T or F? Walter, Alex (2006).The anti-naturalistics fallacy: Evolutionary moral psychology and the insistence of brute facts. Evolutionary Psychology. 4,