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    It is not the case that Darwin and subsequent moral psychologists demonstrate that moral emotions are adaptations shaped by local reproductive and social pressures.

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    • 1.Moral emotions often motivate costly self-sacrifice and punishment of kin, contradicting direct reproductive fitness predictions.
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    • 2.Universal moral principles (justice, rights) persist across environments, suggesting culture-transcendent rather than locally-adapted origins.
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    • 3.Adaptive explanations are often post-hoc; without fossil evidence or precise fitness measurements, alternative explanations remain equally viable.
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    • 1.Moral emotions show cross-cultural variation patterns matching different ecological and social structures, suggesting adaptive shaping.
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    • 2.Individuals with stronger guilt/shame responses show improved cooperation and reputation management, conferring reproductive advantages.
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    • 3.Moral emotion triggers in humans closely parallel those in other primates, indicating evolutionary continuity from selection pressures.
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