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It's not self evident that virtue _signals_ are evolutionarily advantageous. Actually being virtuous is what provides a benefit to your society / tribe / specie
by dahfizz 5y ago
It's not self evident that virtue _signals_ are evolutionarily advantageous. Actually being virtuous is what provides a benefit to your society / tribe / species.
- anonporridge 5y agoOnce a behavior has been socially locked in as "virtuous", then doesn't it create an incentive for individuals to signal that virtue?
- Scarblac 5y agoNot necessarily, no. Why would it?
- lossolo 5y agoMaybe because it's perceived as noble thing to do so people would signal that to others as benefit to themselves - to get higher status in a group.
- leaflets2 5y agoMaybe depends on how dumb the others are -- the easier to fool, the more effective virtue signaling would be? And, like @Scarblac wrote, sometimes it's a bad idea -- if the others see through it?