Markets, Religion, Community Size and the Evolution of Fairness? Not Really
An influential account of human fairness has suggested that norms of equity and fairness evolved as community sizes grew, markets and institutions stabilised and world religions came about. The account rests on the assumptions that humans predominantly interacted with kin in the evolutionary past, l...
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| Language: | English |
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2025
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Journal of cognition and culture
Year: 2025, Volume: 25, Issue: 1/2, Pages: 199-207 |
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human fairness
B Prosociality B hunter-gatherers B norms of equity B Evolution |
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