Morality as Cognitive Scaffolding in the Nucleus of the Mesoamerican Cosmovision

Autor: J. Alfredo Robles-Zamora
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Synthese Library ISBN: 9783030688011
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-68802-8_10
Popis: The aim of this chapter is to investigate changes and continuities of human moral systems from an evolutionary and socio-historical perspective. Specifically, I will argue that these systems can be approached through the lens of non-genetic inheritance systems and niche construction. I will examine morality from a comparative socio-historical perspective. From this, I suggest that these inheritance systems are cognitively scaffolded, and that these scaffolds are part of the nucleus of the historical Mesoamerican cosmovision.
Databáze: OpenAIRE