Culture, morality and individual differences: comparability and incomparability across species

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological Sciences
Gerard Saucier

Abstract

Major routes to identifying individual differences (in diverse species) include studies of behaviour patterns as represented in language and neurophysiology. But results from these approaches appear not to converge on some major dimensions. Identifying dimensions of human variation least applicable to non-human species may help to partition human-specific individual differences of recent evolutionary origin from those shared across species. Human culture includes learned, enforced social-norm systems that are symbolically reinforced and referenced in displays signalling adherence. At a key juncture in human evolution bullying aggression and deception-based cheating apparently became censured in the language of a moral community, enabling mutual observation coordinated in gossip, associated with external sanctions. That still-conserved cultural paradigm moralistically regulates selfish advantage-taking, with shared semantics and explicit rules. Ethics and moral codes remain critical and universal components of human culture and have a stronger imprint in language than most aspects of the currently popular Big-Five taxonomy, a model that sets out five major lines of individual-differences variation in human personality. In other ...Continue Reading

References

Jan 1, 1978·Alcoholism, Clinical and Experimental Research·M A Schuckit, P A Pastor
Dec 1, 1976·Psychological Reports·S B EysenckH J Eysenck
Jan 1, 1994·Journal of Personality and Social Psychology·G Saucier
Mar 9, 2000·Journal of Personality and Social Psychology·G Saucier
Jan 5, 2002·Journal of Personality·G SaucierO R Institute
Sep 14, 1963·Nature·H J EYSENCK
Oct 17, 2003·Journal of Personality and Social Psychology·Gerard Saucier
Feb 11, 2004·Journal of Personality and Social Psychology·Michael C AshtonBoele De Raad
Feb 1, 1952·Psychiatry·T PARSONS
Jan 27, 2007·Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological Sciences·Andrew Whiten, Carel P van Schaik
Sep 26, 2007·The American Journal of Psychology·Roger K Thomas
Sep 10, 2008·Psychological Assessment·Richard F Farmer, Lewis R Goldberg
Apr 28, 2009·Women's Health·Christina C Hill
Oct 28, 2009·Journal of Personality and Social Psychology·Colin G DeYoungJeremy R Gray
Jan 11, 2013·Journal of Personality·Gerard SaucierXinyue Zhou
Apr 24, 2013·Journal of Personality and Social Psychology·Gerard Saucier
Jun 12, 2013·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America·Sarah F Brosnan
Dec 3, 2013·Frontiers in Human Neuroscience·Colin G Deyoung
Jun 24, 2014·Journal of Personality and Social Psychology·Gerard SaucierTarik S Bel-Bahar
Apr 29, 2015·Journal of Personality and Social Psychology·Robert D LatzmanWilliam D Hopkins
Jun 2, 2015·Journal of Personality and Social Psychology·Mark James AdamsAlexander Weiss
Apr 1, 2004·Multivariate Behavioral Research·Kibeom Lee, Michael C Ashton
Sep 19, 2016·Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews·C J VölterJ Call
Nov 21, 2016·Infant Behavior & Development·Katie Hall, Sarah F Brosnan
May 10, 2017·Cognitive Science·Melanie Arenson, John D Coley
Jun 28, 2017·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America·Matthew C O'NeillPeter J Reiser
Oct 19, 2017·Nature Ecology & Evolution·Kieran C R FoxSusanne Shultz

❮ Previous
Next ❯

Citations

Feb 28, 2018·Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological Sciences·I TrofimovaJ Uher
Nov 13, 2021·Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management·Steven KatonaGregory S Stone

❮ Previous
Next ❯

Related Concepts

Trending Feeds

COVID-19

Coronaviruses encompass a large family of viruses that cause the common cold as well as more serious diseases, such as the ongoing outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19; formally known as 2019-nCoV). Coronaviruses can spread from animals to humans; symptoms include fever, cough, shortness of breath, and breathing difficulties; in more severe cases, infection can lead to death. This feed covers recent research on COVID-19.

Blastomycosis

Blastomycosis fungal infections spread through inhaling Blastomyces dermatitidis spores. Discover the latest research on blastomycosis fungal infections here.

Nuclear Pore Complex in ALS/FTD

Alterations in nucleocytoplasmic transport, controlled by the nuclear pore complex, may be involved in the pathomechanism underlying multiple neurodegenerative diseases including Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and Frontotemporal Dementia. Here is the latest research on the nuclear pore complex in ALS and FTD.

Applications of Molecular Barcoding

The concept of molecular barcoding is that each original DNA or RNA molecule is attached to a unique sequence barcode. Sequence reads having different barcodes represent different original molecules, while sequence reads having the same barcode are results of PCR duplication from one original molecule. Discover the latest research on molecular barcoding here.

Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

Chronic fatigue syndrome is a disease characterized by unexplained disabling fatigue; the pathology of which is incompletely understood. Discover the latest research on chronic fatigue syndrome here.

Evolution of Pluripotency

Pluripotency refers to the ability of a cell to develop into three primary germ cell layers of the embryo. This feed focuses on the mechanisms that underlie the evolution of pluripotency. Here is the latest research.

Position Effect Variegation

Position Effect Variagation occurs when a gene is inactivated due to its positioning near heterochromatic regions within a chromosome. Discover the latest research on Position Effect Variagation here.

STING Receptor Agonists

Stimulator of IFN genes (STING) are a group of transmembrane proteins that are involved in the induction of type I interferon that is important in the innate immune response. The stimulation of STING has been an active area of research in the treatment of cancer and infectious diseases. Here is the latest research on STING receptor agonists.

Microbicide

Microbicides are products that can be applied to vaginal or rectal mucosal surfaces with the goal of preventing, or at least significantly reducing, the transmission of sexually transmitted infections. Here is the latest research on microbicides.

Related Papers

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological Sciences
Vladimir Rusalov
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological Sciences
Hannah SallisMarcus R Munafò
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological Sciences
Irina TrofimovaJana Uher
Surgical Neurology International
Ludvic Zrinzo
© 2022 Meta ULC. All rights reserved