Lethal altruists: Itineraries along the dark outskirts of moralistic prosociality

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1167, Issue , 2009, Pages 5-15

  Tobeña, Adolf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Altruism; Costly punishment; Followership; Leadership; Suicidal attacks; Temperament

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSIVENESS; ALTRUISM; BEHAVIOR; CONFERENCE PAPER; DOMINANCE BEHAVIOR; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HUMAN; LETHALITY; MACHIAVELLIANISM; MORALITY; NARCISSISM; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRISON; PSYCHOLOGY; RELIGION;

EID: 67649664000     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2009.04542.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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