1. Biology to Ethics: The Biological Roots of Morality Francisco J. Ayala University of California, Irvine

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13. Bipedal Gait Tool Making Enlarged Brain Reduced Mandible

17. Ethics 1. Capacity for ethics (evaluating actions as good or evil) 2. Codes of ethics (norms by which we judge a particular action)

18. Ethics 1. Capacity for ethics (evaluating actions as good or evil) 2. Codes of ethics (norms by which we judge a particular action) Language 1. Capacity for symbolic verbal communication 2. Particular languages: English, Spanish, Arabic, …

19. Capacity for Ethics (evaluating actions as good or evil) 1. Ability to anticipate the consequences of one’s actions 2. Ability to make value judgments 3. Ability to choose between alternative courses of action

20. Capacity for Ethics (evaluating actions as good or evil) 1. Ability to anticipate the consequences of one’s actions

21. Bipedal Gait Tool Making Enlarged Brain Reduced Mandible

22. Capacity for Ethics (evaluating actions as good or evil) 1. Ability to anticipate the consequences of one’s actions 2. Ability to make value judgments

23. Capacity for Ethics (evaluating actions as good or evil) 1. Ability to anticipate the consequences of one’s actions 2. Ability to make value judgments 3. Ability to choose between alternative courses of action

24. Ethics 1. Capacity for ethics (evaluating actions as good or evil) 2. Codes of ethics (norms by which we judge a particular action)

25. Ethics 1. Capacity for ethics (evaluating actions as good or evil) 2. Codes of ethics (norms by which we judge a particular action) Language 1. Capacity for symbolic verbal communication 2. Particular languages: English, Spanish, Arabic, …

26. Codes of ethics (norms by which we judge a particular action):

27. Cultural evolution Variation among individuals Variation among groups Variation from one to another time

29. Cultural selection: imitation, learning, assimilation Cultural selection: imitation, learning, assimilation Example: monotheism Example: monotheism Moses and the Ten Commandments Moses and the Ten Commandments Enforced by civil authority Reinforced by divine authority

30. Altruism: biological vs moral Altruism: biological vs moral Isomorphism with respect to consequences; but different causation: Isomorphism with respect to consequences; but different causation: Calculus of the genes vs. regards for others Calculus of the genes vs. regards for others