Under- and Overspecification in Moral Foundation Theory. The Problematic Search for a Moderate Version of Innatism

Jonathan Haidt’s Moral Foundation Theory has been criticized on many fronts, mainly account of its lack evidence concerning the genetic and neurological bases evolved moral intuitions that theory posits. Despite fact is probably most promising framework from which to integrate different lines interdisciplinary research deal with evolutionary foundations psychology, i) it also shows a critical underspecification precise mental processes instantiate triggering our intuitions, ii) coexists overspecification structure human nature when comes exploring alternatives capitalist societies.