Moralization as protection against exploitation: Do individuals without allies moralize more?

Evolution and Human Behavior

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 78-85

  Petersen, Michael Bang ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Formidability; Friends; Morality; Third party punishment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874246422     PISSN: 10905138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2012.09.006     Document Type: Article

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