• Reseñas (review)
    Ideas Y Valores 46 94-98. 1997.
  • Reseñas (review)
    with William Duica
    Ideas Y Valores 47 96-103. 1998.
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    Mind reading, deception and the evolution of Kantian moral agents
    Journal for the Theory of Social Behaviour 34 (2). 2004.
    Classical evolutionary explanations of social behavior classify behaviors from their effects, not from their underlying mechanisms. Here lies a potential objection against the view that morality can be explained by such models, e.g. Trivers’reciprocal altruism. However, evolutionary theory reveals a growing interest in the evolution of psychological mechanisms and factors them in as selective forces. This opens up perspectives for evolutionary approaches to problems that have traditionally worri…Read more
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    Kant, espíritus y noúmenos
    Ideas Y Valores 29-42. 2001.
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    La filosofía se ha preocupado desde susorígenes por el sentido de la vida humana. Estapreocupación es la que subyace a la "Filosofíade la Historia", disciplina que surge en laépoca moderna con la pregunta por la existencia o inexistencia de un progreso en la historia. Autores como Kant consideran que el progreso,para poder valer como tal, ha de aconteceren el terreno de lo moral, sobre todo en sus manifestaciones sociales externas, es decir, enla realización del derecho natural en las formasconc…Read more
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    Towards a unified theory of reciprocity
    Behavioral and Brain Sciences 35 (1): 36. 2012.
    In a unified theory of human reciprocity, the strong and weak forms are similar because neither is biologically altruistic and both require normative motivation to support cooperation. However, strong reciprocity is necessary to support cooperation in public goods games. It involves inflicting costs on defectors; and though the costs for punishers are recouped, recouping costs requires complex institutions that would not have emerged if weak reciprocity had been enough.
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