We Punish Out of a Desire for Fairness, Not Revenge

Thursday, July 19, 2012 - 10:00 in Psychology & Sociology

Evolutionary psychologists have teased apart competing theories for why humans feel the urge to punish others. The new research suggests we do it to maintain fairness.

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