> [!infobox] <s class="aside-in"><em>mentioned in 3 evergreens</em></s> #### [[What makes moral systems functional]] Is there a difference between this and [[What is the origin of religion]] ##### Features that make moral systems work - conformity - docility - detection of cheating - punishment of cheating - symbolic thought - explicit consensus decision making ##### Why do these work? #TO/TEND/GRAFT > ![[10_Sources/books - Darwin's Cathedral#^292550152]] Answers: - [[Human behavior is selective]] - [[Social control promotes highly altruistic behavior within groups]] and [[morality]] (or the [[Imagined reality]] of morality) can be this [[social control]] ### <hr class="footnote"/> **Status**:: #EVER/SPROUT *edited 7:35 AM - July 08, 2022* **Topics**:: [[social control]], [[morality]], [[social order]] > ![[10_Sources/books - Darwin's Cathedral#^292550150]] > [!cite] [[David Sloan Wilson]]'s view of [[belief systems]] > > ![[10_Sources/books - Darwin's Cathedral#^304185847]] > ![[10_Sources/books - Darwin's Cathedral#^304185848]] > ![[10_Sources/books - Darwin's Cathedral#^304185849]] > ![[10_Sources/books - Darwin's Cathedral#^304185850]] > ![[10_Sources/books - Darwin's Cathedral#^304185851]] > ![[10_Sources/books - Darwin's Cathedral#^304185852]]