punishment
Moderators of the disapproval of peer punishment
Group Processes & Intergroup Relations, 1368430215583519. Abstract Recent studies have found disapproval of peer punishment of norm violations. This seems puzzling, given the potential benefits peer
Do Offenders Deserve Proportionate Punishments?
Criminal Law & Philosophy Abstract The aim of the paper is to investigate how retributivists should respond to the apparent tension between moral desert and proportionality in punishment. I argue th
Weighing Absolute and Relative Proportionality in Punishment
in Tonry, M. (ed.) Of One-eyed and Toothless Miscreants: Making the Punishment Fit the Crime? Oxford: Oxford University Press. Abstract Conflicts between relative and absolute proportionality are an imp
Cooperation through collective punishment and participation
Political Science Research and Methods Abstract We experimentally explore the role of institutions imposing collective sanctions in sustaining cooperation. In our experiment, players only observe noisy
Asymmetries in punishment propensity may drive the civilizing process
Nature Human Behaviour, volume 2, pp. 148–155, doi:10.1038/s41562-017-0278-z Abstract Norms about hygiene and violence have both shown a tendency to become increasingly strict, in the sense that the han
The road to civilization goes through threat and punishment
Do you frown at people who sneeze in their hand instead of in a tissue? Would you be prepared to punish that person by frowning at him or her, showing you dislike the behaviour? In that case you are a
Cultural Universals and Cultural Differences in Meta-Norms about Peer Punishment
Management and Organization Review, Volume 13, Issue 4 (Special Issue Celebrating and Advancing the Scholarship of Kwok Leung (1958–2015)) Abstract Violators of cooperation norms may be informally punis
Costly punishment in the ultimatum game evokes moral concern, in particular when framed as payoff reduction.
Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, Volume 69, p. 59-64. Abstract The ultimatum game is a common economic experiment in which some participants reject another's unfair offer of how to split some
Retributivism and Public Opinion: On the Context Sensitivity of Desert
Criminal Law and Philosophy, Volume 12, Issue 1, pp 125-142. Abstract Retributivism may seem wholly uninterested in the fit between penal policy and public opinion, but on one rendition of the theory, h
When is it appropriate to reprimand a norm violation? The roles of anger, behavioral consequences, violation severity, and social distance
Judgment and Decision Making, Vol. 12, No. 4, July 2017, pp. 396–407. Abstract Experiments on economic games typically fail to find positive reputational effects of using peer punishment of selfish behav