Moral emotions as determinants of third-party punishment

Third-party punishment has recently received attention as an explanation for human altruism. Feelings of anger in response to norm violations are assumed to motivate third-party sanctions, yet there is only sparse and indirect support for this idea. We investigated the impact of both anger and guilt...

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Main Authors: Rob M. A. Nelissen, Marcel Zeelenberg
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Society for Judgment and Decision Making 2009-12-01
Series:Judgment and Decision Making
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Online Access:http://journal.sjdm.org/91001/jdm91001.pdf