Moral emotions as determinants of third-party punishment: Anger, guilt, and the functions of altruistic sanctions

Third-party punishment has recently received attention as an explanation for human altruism. Feelings of anger in response to norm violations are assumed to motivate third-party sanctions, yet there is only sparse and indirect support for this idea. We investigated the impact of both anger and guilt...

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Main Authors: Rob M. A. Nelissen, Marcel Zeelenberg
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press 2009-12-01
Series:Judgment and Decision Making
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Online Access:https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S1930297500001121/type/journal_article