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. 2023 Oct 4:46:e301.
doi: 10.1017/S0140525X23000377.

Moralistic punishment is not for cooperation

Peter DeScioli  1 , Robert Kurzban  2
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Moralistic punishment is not for cooperation

Peter DeScioli et al. Behav Brain Sci. .

Abstract

The theory proposed by Fitouchi et al. misses the core of puritanical morality: Cruel punishment for harmless actions. Punishment is mutually harmful, unlike cooperation which is mutually beneficial. Theories of moral judgment should not obscure this fundamental distinction.

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