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1. The Anti-Naturalistic Fallacy: Evolutionary Moral Psychology and the Insistence of Brute Factsby Alex Walter Ryan Heflin Devon Kelts Suzie Banda Seth Walter , Alex (2006).The anti-naturalistics fallacy: Evolutionary moral psychology and the insistence of brute facts. Evolutionary Psychology. 4, 33-48.

2. Main Topics • Humes Law: Do not violate the distinction between fact and value. • Moore’s “NaturalisiticFallacy”: don’t jump from “is” to “ought”. • “Morality is an illusion of the genes” -Ruse Walter , Alex (2006).The anti-naturalistics fallacy: Evolutionary moral psychology and the insistence of brute facts. Evolutionary Psychology. 4, 33-48.

3. Central Argument • Against The Anti-naturalistic fallacy: to hold that values are non-natural facts. Walter , Alex (2006).The anti-naturalistics fallacy: Evolutionary moral psychology and the insistence of brute facts. Evolutionary Psychology. 4, 33-48.

4. Darwin: Morals As Products of Natural Selection -“Common Fate” Natural Selection- Walter , Alex (2006).The anti-naturalistics fallacy: Evolutionary moral psychology and the insistence of brute facts. Evolutionary Psychology. 4, 33-48.

5. Moral Perspectives • Ethical Objectivism • Moral Realism • Moral Skepticism • Utilitarian Realism Walter , Alex (2006).The anti-naturalistics fallacy: Evolutionary moral psychology and the insistence of brute facts. Evolutionary Psychology. 4, 33-48.

6. Conclusion • Evolutionary Psychology can examine ethics by examining how they evolved and what they are • “Confined Generosity”: constraining selfish acts for the common good Walter , Alex (2006).The anti-naturalistics fallacy: Evolutionary moral psychology and the insistence of brute facts. Evolutionary Psychology. 4, 33-48.

7. The Future: Evolutionary Psych and Ethics Philip Kitchner 1985 Walter , Alex (2006).The anti-naturalistics fallacy: Evolutionary moral psychology and the insistence of brute facts. Evolutionary Psychology. 4, 33-48.

8. Weaknesses • Seems to slip into a valuation of behavior Walter , Alex (2006).The anti-naturalistics fallacy: Evolutionary moral psychology and the insistence of brute facts. Evolutionary Psychology. 4, 33-48.

9. Strengths • Evolutionary Psychology as a tool for understanding morals • Morals as evolved functions of human psychology not of a transcendent supernatural origin Walter , Alex (2006).The anti-naturalistics fallacy: Evolutionary moral psychology and the insistence of brute facts. Evolutionary Psychology. 4, 33-48.

10. Quiz • Which is not a moral system talked about in this article? • A) moral realism • B) nihilism • C) moral skepticism • D) utilitarian realism • The Anti-naturalistic fallacy is? • A) what is natural is good • B) facts about morality are natural facts • C) jumping from “is” to “ought” • Who spoke of “common fate” evolution in which individual survival becomes tied to group survival and therefore socials traits are selected in individuals? • A) Hume • B) Darwin • C) Moore • D) Walter Walter , Alex (2006).The anti-naturalistics fallacy: Evolutionary moral psychology and the insistence of brute facts. Evolutionary Psychology. 4, 33-48.

11. Quiz • According to this article evolutionary psychology can contribute to ethics, T or F? • The Moral Realism perspective argues that there exists objective morals, T or F? • Darwin thought, ‘what is natural is good’, T or F? Walter , Alex (2006).The anti-naturalistics fallacy: Evolutionary moral psychology and the insistence of brute facts. Evolutionary Psychology. 4, 33-48.