Strong reciprocity and the roots of human morality

Social Justice Research

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 241-253

  Gintis, Herbert ^a,b   Henrich, Joseph ^c   Bowles, Samuel ^a   Boyd, Robert ^d   Fehr, Ernst ^e  

^a SANTA FE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b CENTRAL EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Altruism; Evolution; Human nature; Morality; Reciprocity; Sociobiology

Indexed keywords

EID: 47249153281     PISSN: 08857466     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11211-008-0067-y     Document Type: Article

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