Get 20M+ Full-Text Papers For Less Than $1.50/day. Start a 14-Day Trial for You or Your Team.

Learn More →

Moral Systems and the Evolution of Human RightsMoral Systems in Traditional Societies

Moral Systems and the Evolution of Human Rights: Moral Systems in Traditional Societies [In applying the theory of moral systems to traditional societies, this chapter illustrates how moral revolutions have accompanied the major sociocultural shifts from hunting and gathering to horticultural and agrarian societies. The discussion shows how religion developed only as humans began organizing in more socially complex societies; often as a means to come to terms with the moral implications of stratified societies. Research is presented to illustrate how increasingly abstract religious beliefs accompany population growth in traditional societies.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

Moral Systems and the Evolution of Human RightsMoral Systems in Traditional Societies

Download PDF
12 pages

Loading next page...
 
/lp/springer-journals/moral-systems-and-the-evolution-of-human-rights-moral-systems-in-nCWyunwus8

References (18)

Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Copyright
© The Author(s) 2015
ISBN
978-94-017-9550-0
Pages
27 –39
DOI
10.1007/978-94-017-9551-7_3
Publisher site
See Chapter on Publisher Site

Abstract

[In applying the theory of moral systems to traditional societies, this chapter illustrates how moral revolutions have accompanied the major sociocultural shifts from hunting and gathering to horticultural and agrarian societies. The discussion shows how religion developed only as humans began organizing in more socially complex societies; often as a means to come to terms with the moral implications of stratified societies. Research is presented to illustrate how increasingly abstract religious beliefs accompany population growth in traditional societies.]

Published: Oct 28, 2014

Keywords: Moral change; Religion; Sociocultural evolution; Monotheism; Axial age

There are no references for this article.