Great article. I especially liked the cultural and sociological explanations of philosophy selecting for moral realists. I do wonder though, since religion has been widespread, if there is a deeper biological explanation of how and why we project our attitudes out onto the world. It may be adaptively time-saving to perceive a threat as vicious, and little use in us perceiving our reaction to a threat, which isn't necessary to respond to it.
I believe you have a typo at the end: "the field of psychology may host a psychologically unrepresentative" -- I believe you meant "the field of philosophy..."
Great article. I especially liked the cultural and sociological explanations of philosophy selecting for moral realists. I do wonder though, since religion has been widespread, if there is a deeper biological explanation of how and why we project our attitudes out onto the world. It may be adaptively time-saving to perceive a threat as vicious, and little use in us perceiving our reaction to a threat, which isn't necessary to respond to it.
I believe you have a typo at the end: "the field of psychology may host a psychologically unrepresentative" -- I believe you meant "the field of philosophy..."