?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=What+have+we+learned+from+evolutionary+psychology%3F&rft.creator=Krellenstein%2C+Marc&rft.subject=Evolutionary+Psychology&rft.subject=Ethics&rft.subject=Philosophy+of+Mind&rft.description=Evolutionary+psychology+claims+biological+inclinations+for+certain+behaviors+(e.g.%2C+a+desire+for+more+frequent+sex+and+more+sexual+partners+by+males+as+compared+to+females)%2C+and+the+origin+of+these+inclinations+in+natural+selection.+Jerry+Fodor%C2%92s+recent+book%2C+The+Mind+Doesn%C2%92t+Work+that+Way+(2000)%2C+grants+the+nativist+case+for+such+biological+grounding+but+disputes+the+presumed+certainty+of+its+origin+in+natural+selection.+Nevertheless%2C+there+is+today+a+consensus+that+at+least+some+of+the+claims+of+evolutionary+psychology+are+true%2C+and+their+broad+appeal+suggests+that+many+see+them+as+easy+insights+into+and+possible+license+for+some+controversial+behaviors.+Evolutionary+psychologists%2C+on+the+other+hand%2C+caution+that+an+origin+in+natural+selection+implies+only+an+inclination+for+certain+behaviors%2C+and+not+that+the+behaviors+will+be+true+of+all+people%2C+will+lead+to+happiness+or+are+morally+correct.+But+such+cautions+can+be+as+facile+as+the+simplistic+positions+they+are+intended+to+counter.+A+biological+basis+implies+tendencies+to+behaviors+that+will+be+pleasurable+when+engaged+in%2C+and+that+can+be+modified+to+an+extent+and+at+a+psychic+cost+that+is%2C+at+best%2C+not+fully+understood.+Also%2C+while+it+is+true+that+naturally+selected+behaviors+are+not+necessarily+moral%2C+the+implications+of+current+evolutionary+psychology+cast+doubt+on+any+absolute+foundation+for+morality+at+all%2C+as+well+as+suggesting+limits+on+our+ability+to+fully+understand+both+ourselves+and+the+universe+around+us.+However%2C+this+does+not+mean+that+our+(relative)+values+or+apparent+free+will+are+any+less+real+or+important+for+us.&rft.date=2001-04&rft.type=Preprint&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=text%2Fplain&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F1954%2F1%2Fcogprints.txt&rft.identifier=++Krellenstein%2C+Marc++(2001)+What+have+we+learned+from+evolutionary+psychology%3F++%5BPreprint%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F1954%2F