On the Evolutionary Origin of Morality
Yıl: 2022 Cilt: 12 Sayı: 1 Sayfa Aralığı: 149 - 164 Metin Dili: İngilizce DOI: 10.18491/beytulhikme.1760 İndeks Tarihi: 12-01-2023
On the Evolutionary Origin of Morality
Öz: In this study, I will approach morality from a naturalistic perspective and defend that morality is a product of evolutionary processes shared by both human and non-human animals rather than that of human culture. My naturalistic approach is based on simpler components instead of high-level cognitive capabilities such as cognition. Rationality, judgment, and free will are indeed presented as necessary for morality in classical definitions of morality. However, I will put forward that the roots of morality can be understood as the biological disposition in the evolutionary process. Moreover, in this paper, I will propose that morality is not a phenomenon that ought to be restricted to humans. I think morality is not a phenomenon that is exclusively human; rather, morality can be expanded to non-human animals. To defend this claim, I will indicate that morality has a natural content and that this content does not have a structure that can only be justified on a rational basis, but that this normative structure can be established through biological/evolutionary mechanisms and can be explained in this way.
Anahtar Kelime: Ahlakın Evrimsel Kökeni Üzerine
Öz: Bu çalışmada ahlaka doğalcı bir bakış açısıyla yaklaşacağım ve ahlakın, insan kültürünün bir ürünü olmaktan çok, hem insan hem de insan olmayan hayvanlar tarafından paylaşılan, evrimsel süreçlerin bir ürünü olduğunu savunacağım. Bu çalışmadaki doğalcı yaklaşımım üst düzey bilişsel yetenekler yerine daha basit bileşenlere dayanmaktadır. Klasik ahlak tanımlarında, rasyonellik, yargıda bulunma ve özgür irade ahlak için kesinlikle gerekli olarak sunulmaktadır. Ancak ben ahlakın köklerinin evrimsel süreçten gelen biyolojik bir eğilim olarak an- laşılabileceğini ileri süreceğim. Dahası, bu yazıda, ahlakın insanlarla sınırlı olması gereken bir fenomen olmadığını ileri süreceğim. Yani, ahlakın yalnızca insana ait değil; insan olmayan hayvanları da kapsayacak şekilde genişletilebilir olduğunu düşünmekteyim. Bu iddiayı savunmak için, ahlakın doğal bir içeriğinin olduğunu, bu içeriğinse sadece rasyonel bir temelde gerekçelendirilebilecek bir yapıya sahip olmadığını, aksine bu normatif yapının biyolojik/evrimsel mekanizmalar yoluyla kurulabileceğini ve bu şekilde açıklanabileceğini belirteceğim.
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