Punishment is a potential mechanism to stabilise cooperation between self-regarding
agents. Theoretical and empirical studies on the importance of a punitive reputation have …

Humans are outstanding in their ability to cooperate with unrelated individuals, and
punishment–paying a cost to harm others–is thought to be a key supporting mechanism …

Understanding human cooperation is of major interest across the natural and social
sciences. But it is unclear to what extent cooperation is actually a general concept. Most …

Compassion, the emotional response of caring for another who is suffering and that results
in motivation to relieve suffering, is thought to be an emotional antecedent to altruistic …

Gender differences in time, risk, and social preferences are important determinants of
differential choices of men and women, with broad implications for gender-specific social …

Even though human social behavior has received considerable scientific attention in the last
decades, its cognitive underpinnings are still poorly understood. Applying a dual-process …

A tightly argued and expansive examination of the pitfalls of transhumanism that reacquaints
us with what it means to live well. Advocates of transhumanism, or" radical" enhancement …

Trust and cooperation constitute cornerstones of common-pool resource theory, showing
that “prosocial” strategies among resource users can overcome collective action problems …

Fairness violations elicit powerful behavioral and affective responses. Indeed, people are
willing to incur costs to sanction unfair behavior. Here we study the possible impact of long …

Although prosocial behaviors have been widely studied across disciplines, the mechanisms
underlying them are not fully understood. Evidence from psychology, biology and economics …