The value of vengeance and the demand for deterrence.

Volume: 143, Issue: 6, Pages: 2279 - 2286
Published: Dec 1, 2014
Abstract
Humans will incur costs to punish others who violate social norms. Theories of justice highlight 2 motives for punishment: a forward-looking deterrence of future norm violations and a backward-looking retributive desire to harm. Previous studies of costly punishment have not isolated how much people are willing to pay for retribution alone, because typically punishment both inflicts damage (satisfying the retributive motive) and communicates a...
Paper Details
Title
The value of vengeance and the demand for deterrence.
Published Date
Dec 1, 2014
Volume
143
Issue
6
Pages
2279 - 2286
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