dc.rights.license | CC-BY-NC-ND | |
dc.contributor.advisor | Hopster, J.K.G. | |
dc.contributor.author | Almeida Guimarães, K.B. de | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2017-09-07T17:02:29Z | |
dc.date.available | 2017-09-07T17:02:29Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2017 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://studenttheses.uu.nl/handle/20.500.12932/27469 | |
dc.description.abstract | Fairness is one of the most puzzling traits of human morality. A sense of fairness is not witnessed in other animals, only in human beings. This raises the question: What is the evolutionary story of fairness? Understanding the evolution of fairness increases our knowledge of the evolution of morality in humans. In my thesis, I investigated the interface of biology and philosophy concerning the evolution of fairness. Leading for my research is Interdependence Hypothesis of Tomasello. This provides a plausible explanation of how fairness came into being, though two other hypotheses about the evolution of human morality have valuable insights to add. Understanding fairness as a moral trait will increase or knowledge about the principles of our morality. The evolutionary story of morality provides a naturalistic meta-ethical framework for morality in philosophical theories. | |
dc.description.sponsorship | Utrecht University | |
dc.format.extent | 80505 | |
dc.format.mimetype | application/zip | |
dc.language.iso | en | |
dc.title | Fairness | |
dc.type.content | Bachelor Thesis | |
dc.rights.accessrights | Open Access | |
dc.subject.keywords | Fairness, morality, philosophy, biology, evolution | |
dc.subject.courseuu | Wijsbegeerte | |