The locus and origin of morality

Neil J. MacKinnon

Chapter 3 in The Social Psychology of Morality, 2025, pp 27-47 from Edward Elgar Publishing

Abstract: This chapter addresses the locus of morality (whether morality is located only in individuals, in society as a whole, or dispersed across all levels of a society's social structure and culture) and the origin of morality (whether morality is a product of biological evolution, social construction, or both). The chapter deals with the locus of morality by summarizing Powell's comparison of Weber, Durkheim, Simmel, and Marx on a continuum from methodological individualism to social realism, and Turner's argument that morality is embedded in micro, meso, and macro levels of social reality. The chapter deals with the origin of morality by summarizing the biosocial theory of evolution proposed by Turner.

Keywords: Morality; Methodological individualism; Emergence; Reductionism; Social realism; Social evolution (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
ISBN: 9781035364732
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