The Moral Punishment Instinct (Perspectives On Justice And Morality)

People universally punish offenders. Why? This book proposes that people possess a moral punishment instinct: A hard-wired tendency to aggress against those who violate the norms of the group. This instinct is reflected in how punishment originates from moral emotions, stimulates cooperation, and shapes the social life of human beings--

• | Author: Jan-Willem van Prooijen
• | Publisher: Oxford University Press
• | Publication Date: Jan 18, 2018
• | Number of Pages: 305 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover/Philosophy
• | ISBN-10: 0190609974
• | ISBN-13: 9780190609979