Nova University of Lisbon,
Nova University of Lisbon.
Politics Life Sci. 2023 Mar;41(1):76-89. doi: 10.1017/pls.2021.12.
Morality can be adaptive or maladaptive. From this fact come polarizing disputes on the meta-ethical status of moral adaptation. The realist tracking account of morality claims that it is possible to track objective moral truths and that these truths correspond to moral rules that are adaptive. In contrast, evolutionary anti-realism rejects the existence of moral objectivity and thus asserts that adaptive moral rules cannot represent objective moral truths, since those truths do not exist. This article develops a novel evolutionary view of natural law to defend the realist tracking account. It argues that we can identify objective moral truths through cultural group selection and that adaptive moral rules are likely to reflect such truths.
道德可以是适应性的，也可以是不适应的。从这个事实中，产生了关于道德适应的元伦理地位的两极分化的争议。道德的现实主义追踪解释声称，追踪客观道德真理是可能的，这些真理对应于适应性的道德规则。相比之下，进化反实在论否认道德客观性的存在，因此断言适应性的道德规则不能代表客观的道德真理，因为这些真理并不存在。本文发展了一种自然法的新的进化观点来捍卫现实主义的追踪解释。它认为，我们可以通过文化群体选择来识别客观的道德真理，适应性的道德规则很可能反映了这些真理。
