We present evidence supporting strong reciprocity as a schema for predicting and understanding altruism in humans. We show that under conditions plausibly characteristic of the early stages of human evolution, a
Philanthropic decision-making is important both for its potential to provide insight into human behaviour and for its economic significance. In recent years, investigations of charitable-giving behaviour have expanded substantially, including exploration
“we” instead of “we employees” or “we humans” etc., see Appendix B). Pro-environmental behavior at the workplace was measured with three items (direct behavior) and two items (indirect behavior) respectively, using the same response format as in Study 1. Items were designed to be ...
Evolution and Human Behavior, 24, 153-172.Gintis, Herbert, Bowles, Samuel, Boyd, Robert, and Fehr, Ernst (2003), "Explaining Altruistic Behavior in Humans," Evolution and Human Behavior, 24(2), 153-172.Explaining Altruistic Behavior in Humans,". H.Gintis,S.Bowles,R.Boyd,E.Fehr. ....
The affect heuristic in judgments of risks and benefitsExplaining altruistic behavior in humansdoi:10.1016/s1090-5138(02)00157-5Herbert GintisSamuel BowlesRobert BoydErnst Fehr
I also argue that actual altruistic behavior often goes beyond the kind of behavior humans have evolved to display. Conscious and voluntary reasoning processes, I show, have an important role in altruistic behavior. This is often overlooked in the scientific literature on human altruism....
Humans often behave altruistically towards strangers with no chance of reciprocation. From an evolutionary perspective, this is puzzling. The evolution of
We present evidence supporting strong reciprocity as a schema for predicting and understanding altruism in humans. We show that under conditions plausibly characteristic of the early stages of human evolution, a small number of strong reciprocators could invade a population of self-regarding types, ...