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Strong Reciprocity and the Roots of Human Morality
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Metadata
- Authors
- Gintis, H., Henrich, J., Bowles, S., Boyd, R., & Fehr, E.
- Affiliations
- Santa Fe Institute (US)
- University of British Columbia (CA)
- University of California, Los Angeles (US)
- University of Zurich (CH)
- Corresponding author
- Gintis, Herbert
- Venue
- Social Justice Research
- Published
- 2008-03-04
- Volume
- 21
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 241-253
- ISSN
- 0885-7466 (ISSN-L)
- 1573-6725
- OpenAlex
- W1992748240
- Cited by
- 233
- References
- 64
- Citations by year
- 2026: 2 · 2025: 5 · 2024: 9 · 2023: 16 · 2022: 10 · 2021: 20 · 2020: 24 · 2019: 28 · 2018: 11 · 2017: 11 · 2016: 11 · 2015: 13 · 2014: 15 · 2013: 19 · 2012: 15
- FWCI
- 27.78
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- doi.org
- Licence
- www.springer.com/tdm (tdm)
- Locations
- Social Justice Research (publishedVersion)
- Zurich Open Repository and Archive (University of Zurich) (acceptedVersion)
- Zurich Open Repository and Archive (University of Zurich) (submittedVersion)
- Zurich Open Repository and Archive (University of Zurich)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior
- Keywords
- strong reciprocity, human morality, evolution of morality, altruism, moral behavior, group selection, human nature
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