The Moral Punishment Instinct

ISBN-13: 9780190609979 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 304 str.

Jan-Willem Van Prooijen

Opis

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

Recenzje

This book could make for an interesting read for students and general readers, if only to stimulate renewed debate on the contentious ideas it rehashes

O autorze

Jan-Willem van Prooijen is Associate Professor at the Department of Experimental and Applied Psychology of VU University Amsterdam, and a Senior Researcher at the Netherlands Institute for the Study of Crime and Law Enforcement (NSCR).