Toward a naturalistic foundation of the social contract |
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| Authors: | Christian Cordes Christian Schubert |
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| Institution: | (1) Department of Environmental Science and Policy, University of California at Davis, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616, USA;(2) Evolutionary Economics Group, Max Planck Institute of Economics, Kahlaische Str. 10, 07745 Jena, Germany |
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| Abstract: | This paper delivers a step toward a naturalistic foundation of the social contract. While mainstream social contract theory
is based on an original position model that is defined in an aprioristic way, we endogenize its key elements, i.e., develop
them out of the individuals’ moral common sense. Therefore, the biological and social bases of moral intuitions are explored.
In this context, a key adaptation during evolution was the one that enabled humans to understand conspecifics as intentional
agents. Since these behavioral aspects are considered to be an exaptation, they are not amenable to direct genetic explanations
or to rationality-based approaches.
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| Keywords: | Social contract theory Fairness Intentionality Empathy Human evolution |
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