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. 2018 Jan:41:e195.
doi: 10.1017/S0140525X18001656.

Dying for your group or for your faith? On the power of belief

Maarten Boudry  1
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Dying for your group or for your faith? On the power of belief

Maarten Boudry. Behav Brain Sci. 2018 Jan.

Abstract

Whitehouse's theory offers one plausible pathway toward extreme self-sacrifice, but it fails to explain sacrificial acts that are inspired by heartfelt ideological beliefs, including jihadi terrorism and mass suicide in cults. If he wants to offer a "single overarching theory" of self-sacrifice, he will need to take seriously the power of belief.

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