"the real answer is because we evolved in a context where dishonesty was punished" is actually a very different theory, and not even the same sort of theory! C

"the real answer is because we evolved in a context where dishonesty was punished" is actually a very different theory, and not even the same sort of theory! Consequentialism, Deontology, and Virtue Ethics all try to answer the question "what is moral" or "what should we do". You're instead answering something like "how do we decide what moral theories to follow", "where do moral theories come from", or even, "where do our moral intuitions come from", which is more a question of Metaethics: https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/metaethics/ https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/metaethics/