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. 2018 Jan:41:e203.
doi: 10.1017/S0140525X18001693.

Self-sacrifice for a cause: The role of ideas and beliefs in motivating human conflict

Jeremy Ginges  1 , Crystal Shackleford  1
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Self-sacrifice for a cause: The role of ideas and beliefs in motivating human conflict

Jeremy Ginges et al. Behav Brain Sci. 2018 Jan.

Abstract

The role of ideas and beliefs is generally underplayed in Whitehouse's account. However, just as people may feel that their identity is fused with a collective, they may also feel that their identity is fused with an idea (god, history, justice), which can motivate the same type of behaviors that Whitehouse seeks to explain.

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