ABSTRACT
The idea of moral trajectories is central to EMR’s hypothesis that human morality is a special case of a more general form of morality. At the beginning of the evolution of morality, simple moral values, which do not require reason and responsibility, arise along with simple responses to these values. As these responses and values become more complex, moral autonomy and responsibility emerge as more complex values in the early human social environment. To give more empirical content to the idea of moral trajectories, this chapter examines moral values like helping others, fair play, appeasement, trust, and forgiveness using examples from animal and human psychology.
