Justified defection is neither justified nor unjustified in indirect reciprocity.

Indirect reciprocity is one of the major mechanisms in the evolution of human cooperation. In indirect reciprocity, social norms with which individuals distinguish good people from bad people play essential roles. Despite extensive studies on the evolution of cooperation in indirect reciprocity, lit...

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Main Authors: Hitoshi Yamamoto, Takahisa Suzuki, Ryohei Umetani
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2020-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0235137