Evolved dispositions and cultural norms. A discussion in Science

In March, Science published a research article by Joe Henrich et al. (“Market, Religion, Community Size and the Evolution of Fairness and Punishment”) showing that market integration and participation in world religion covary with fairness (an article that Nicolas Baumard discussed here). This week Science (23 July 2010: 388-390) publishes two letters discussing Henrich et al’s article, and in particular the relative role of evolved disposition and cultural norms in explaining these finding, one by Nicolas Baumard, Pascal Boyer and Dan Sperber, and the other by Andrew Delton, Max Krasnow, Leda Cosmides, and John Tooby, together with a reply from the authors.

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