Gods are watching and so what? Moralistic supernatural punishment across 15 cultures

Gods are watching and so what? Moralistic supernatural punishment across 15 cultures

Psychological and cultural evolutionary accounts of human sociality propose that beliefs in punitive and monitoring gods that care about moral norms facilitate cooperation. While there is some evidence to suggest that belief in supernatural punishment and monitoring generally induce cooperative beha...

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Main Authors: Theiss Bendixen, Aaron D. Lightner, Coren Apicella, Quentin Atkinson, Alexander Bolyanatz, Emma Cohen, Carla Handley, Joseph Henrich, Eva Kundtová Klocová, Carolyn Lesorogol, Sarah Mathew, Rita A. McNamara, Cristina Moya, Ara Norenzayan, Caitlyn Placek, Montserrat Soler, Tom Vardy, Jonathan Weigel, Aiyana K. Willard, Dimitris Xygalatas, Martin Lang, Benjamin Grant Purzycki
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Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press 2023-01-01
Series:Evolutionary Human Sciences
Subjects:
Behavioural economics
cognitive anthropology
cultural evolutionary psychology
evolutionary and cognitive science of religion
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Online Access:https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S2513843X23000154/type/journal_article

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