Altruistic Celibacy, Kin-Cue Manipulation, and The Development of Religious Institutions
Abstract. Building on a model first proposed by Gary Johnson, it is hypothesized that religious institutions demanding celibacy and other forms of altruism from members take advantage of human predispositions to favor genetic relatives in order to maintain and reinforce these desired behaviors in no...
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| Language: | English |
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Wiley-Blackwell
2004
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Zygon
Year: 2004, Volume: 39, Issue: 3, Pages: 681-706 |
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Celibacy
B manipulated psychology B Darwinian evolutionary theory B Religious Institutions B kinship recognition cues B Altruism |
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