Punishment is not a group adaptation: humans punish to restore fairness rather than to support group cooperation

Punitive behaviours are often assumed to be the result of an instinct for punishment. This instinct would have evolved to punish wrongdoers and it would be the evidence that cooperation has evolved by group selection. Here, I propose an alternative theory according to which punishment is not an adap...

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Päätekijä: Baumard, N
Muut tekijät: Rosselli Foundation
Aineistotyyppi: Journal article
Kieli:English
Julkaistu: Springer 2011
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