Thread by @johnrobb

Oxford: Anthropologists have surveyed 60 different cultures around the world to distill 7 universal moral rules.

journals.uchicago.edu/doi/full/10.10…

"People everywhere face a similar set of social problems, and use a similar set of moral rules to solve them.The study also detected 'variation on a theme' — although all societies seemed to agree on the seven basic moral rules, they varied in how they prioritised or ranked them"

"morality-as-cooperation predicts that specific forms of cooperative behavior—helping kin, helping one’s group, reciprocating costs and benefits, displaying hawkish and dovish traits, dividing disputed resources, and respecting prior possession—will be regarded as morally good."

"Conversely, the theory predicts that the corresponding forms of uncooperative behavior—neglecting kin, betraying one’s group, free-riding, cowardice, disrespect, unfairness, and theft—will be regarded as morally bad (across all cultures). "

Although cooperative behavior was highly valued universally, the emphasis varied. The most underdeveloped moral value? Fairness....

dividing a disputed resource based on contribution or effort. Being willing to negotiate or compromise. To split the difference..

Cooperative morality in a table