Purity is linked to cooperation but not necessarily through self-control.
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- Murray, Samuel; Amaya, Santiago; Jiménez-Leal, William
- Source
- Behavioral & Brain Sciences. 2023, Vol. 46, p1-74. 74p.
- Subject
- *SELF-control
*COOPERATION
*PLEASURE
- Language
- ISSN
- 0140-525X
Fitouchi et al. claim that seemingly victimless pleasures and nonproductive activities are moralized because they alter self-control. Their account predicts that: (1) victimless excesses are negatively moralized because they diminish self-control, and (2) restrained behaviors are positively moralized because they enhance self-control. Several examples run contrary to these predictions and call into question the general relationship between self-control and cooperation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]