Supernatural punishment and individual social compliance across cultures

Cooperation for the public good is vulnerable to exploitation by free-riders because it always pays individuals to exploit the social contract for their own benefit. This problem can be resolved if free-riders are punished, but punishment is itself a public good subject to free-riding. The fear of s...

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Authors: Bourrat, Pierrick (Author) ; Atkinson, Quentin D. (Author) ; Dunbar, Robin I.M. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Routledge 2011
In: Religion, brain & behavior
Year: 2011, Volume: 1, Issue: 2, Pages: 119-134
Further subjects:B Supernatural beliefs
B SCCS
B Cooperation
B Prosociality
B Religion
B supernatural punishment
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