Punishment and the strategic structure of moral systems

Biology and Philosophy

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 767-789

  Sripada, Chandra Sekhar ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cooperation; Evolution of morality; Evolutionary game theory; Moral diversity; Moral norms; Punishment; Reciprocity

Indexed keywords

MORALITY;

EID: 33644599124     PISSN: 01693867     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10539-004-5155-2     Document Type: Article

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