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Moralistic punishment is not for cooperation.

Peter DeScioliRobert Kurzban
Published in: The Behavioral and brain sciences (2023)
The theory proposed by Fitouchi et al. misses the core of puritanical morality: Cruel punishment for harmless actions. Punishment is mutually harmful, unlike cooperation which is mutually beneficial. Theories of moral judgment should not obscure this fundamental distinction.
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