The moral punishment instinct /

Across time and cultures, ranging from ancient hunter-gatherers, to holy scriptures, to contemporary courts of law, it has been common for people to punish offenders. Furthermore, punishment is not restricted to criminal offenders but emerges in all spheres of social life. Why is punishment so ubiqu...

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Gespeichert in:
1. Verfasser:
Prooijen, Jan-Willem van
Format:
Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2018.
Zusammenfassung:
Across time and cultures, ranging from ancient hunter-gatherers, to holy scriptures, to contemporary courts of law, it has been common for people to punish offenders. Furthermore, punishment is not restricted to criminal offenders but emerges in all spheres of social life. Why is punishment so ubiquitous? Punishment also occurs among nonhuman animals for which one can question their sense of morality. Apparently, there is something specific about punishment that warrants a more focused discussion. This work proposes that people possess a moral punishment instinct, that is, a hard-wired tendency to aggress against those who violate the norms of the group.
Umfang:
1 online resource.
Anmerkungen:
Previously issued in print: 2018.
Zielpublikum:
Specialized.
Bibliografie:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
0-19-060999-0
0-19-061000-X
0-19-060998-2
Schlagworte:
Punishment (Psychology)
Criminology > Psychological aspects.
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