A solution to the mysteries of morality.

P DeScioli, R Kurzban - Psychological bulletin, 2013 - psycnet.apa.org
We propose that moral condemnation functions to guide bystanders to choose the same
side as other bystanders in disputes. Humans interact in dense social networks, and this …

Mysteries of morality

P DeScioli, R Kurzban - Cognition, 2009 - Elsevier
Evolutionary theories of morality, beginning with Darwin, have focused on explanations for
altruism. More generally, these accounts have concentrated on conscience (self-regulatory …

Stakeholder relationships and social welfare: A behavioral theory of contributions to joint value creation

F Bridoux, JW Stoelhorst - Academy of Management Review, 2016 - journals.aom.org
Firms play a crucial role in furthering social welfare through their ability to foster
stakeholders' contributions to joint value creation—value creation that involves a public …

Moral psychology is relationship regulation: moral motives for unity, hierarchy, equality, and proportionality.

TS Rai, AP Fiske - Psychological review, 2011 - psycnet.apa.org
Genuine moral disagreement exists and is widespread. To understand such disagreement,
we must examine the basic kinds of social relationships people construct across cultures …

Cognitive systems for revenge and forgiveness

ME McCullough, R Kurzban, BA Tabak - Behavioral and Brain …, 2013 - cambridge.org
Minimizing the costs that others impose upon oneself and upon those in whom one has a
fitness stake, such as kin and allies, is a key adaptive problem for many organisms. Our …

Moralized leadership: The construction and consequences of ethical leader perceptions

R Fehr, KC Yam, C Dang - Academy of management review, 2015 - journals.aom.org
In this article we examine the construction and consequences of ethical leader perceptions.
First, we introduce moralization as the primary process through which followers come to …

People systematically update moral judgments of blame.

AE Monroe, BF Malle - Journal of Personality and Social …, 2019 - psycnet.apa.org
Six experiments examine people's updating of blame judgments and test predictions
developed from a socially regulated blame perspective. According to this perspective, blame …

Moral punishment in everyday life

W Hofmann, MJ Brandt, DC Wisneski… - Personality and …, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
The present research investigated event-related, contextual, demographic, and dispositional
predictors of the desire to punish perpetrators of immoral deeds in daily life, as well as …

Do humans really punish altruistically? A closer look

EJ Pedersen, R Kurzban… - Proceedings of the …, 2013 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Some researchers have proposed that natural selection has given rise in humans to one or
more adaptations for altruistically punishing on behalf of other individuals who have been …

The psychology of deterrence explains why group membership matters for third-party punishment

AW Delton, MM Krasnow - Evolution and Human Behavior, 2017 - Elsevier
Humans regularly intervene in others' conflicts as third-parties. This has been studied using
the third-party punishment game: A third-party can pay a cost to punish another player (the …