Bruner presents at international conference
Bruner presents at international conference
- September 10, 2013
- 4th year student spoke in Montpellier, France
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Fourth year LPS student Justin Bruner gave a paper this summer at the biennial meeting
of the International Society for the History, Philosophy, and Social Studies of Biology,
held in Montpellier, France. His talk, entitled "Evolution and the Diversity of Moral
Norms," used methods from evolutionary game theory to explore how our beliefs about
morality arise. While most work on the evolution of morality has focused on the evolution
of altruism and cooperation, Bruner addressed a broader question concerning how codes
of conduct in general evolve. His model helps explain both how moral codes that appear
to be detrimental can be evolutionarily stable, and also why beliefs about what is
moral can vary widely from society to society. The conference was held from July 7th
to July 12.
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