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Punishing for your own good: The case of reputation-based cooperation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 January 2012

Claudio Tennie
Claudio Tennie
Affiliation:
Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, 04013 Leipzig, Germany. [email protected]
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Abstract

Contrary to Guala, I claim that several mechanisms can explain punishment in humans. Here I focus on reputation-based cooperation – and I explore how it can lead to punishment under situations that may or may not be perceived as being anonymous. Additionally, no particular mechanism stands out in predicting an excess of punishment under constrained lab conditions.

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Open Peer Commentary
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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 35 , Issue 1 , February 2012 , pp. 40 - 41
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2012

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