The nature of human altruism Export

@article{fehr_fischbacher.2003.nature, abstract = {Some of the most fundamental questions concerning our evolutionary origins, our social relations, and the organization of society are centred around issues of altruism and selfishness. Experimental evidence indicates that human altruism is a powerful force and is unique in the animal world. However, there is much individual heterogeneity and the interaction between altruists and selfish individuals is vital to human cooperation. Depending on the environment, a minority of altruists can force a majority of selfish individuals to cooperate or, conversely, a few egoists can induce a large number of altruists to defect. Current gene-based evolutionary theories cannot explain important patterns of human altruism, pointing towards the importance of both theories of cultural evolution as well as gene–culture co-evolution.}, author = {Fehr, Ernst and Fischbacher, Urs}, booktitle = {Nature}, citeulike-article-id = {91520}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nature02043}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nature02043}, citeulike-linkout-2 = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14574401}, citeulike-linkout-3 = {http://www.hubmed.org/display.cgi?uids=14574401}, day = {23}, doi = {10.1038/nature02043}, issn = {0028-0836}, journal = {Nature}, keywords = {altruism, group-incentives, nhs-olympic, prisoners-dilemma, psychology, review}, month = {October}, number = {6960}, pages = {785--791}, posted-at = {2009-09-09 17:24:13}, priority = {2}, publisher = {Nature Publishing Group}, title = {The nature of human altruism}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nature02043}, volume = {425}, year = {2003} }

TY - JOUR ID - fehr_fischbacher.2003.nature L3 - citeulike-article-id:91520 N2 - Some of the most fundamental questions concerning our evolutionary origins, our social relations, and the organization of society are centred around issues of altruism and selfishness. Experimental evidence indicates that human altruism is a powerful force and is unique in the animal world. However, there is much individual heterogeneity and the interaction between altruists and selfish individuals is vital to human cooperation. Depending on the environment, a minority of altruists can force a majority of selfish individuals to cooperate or, conversely, a few egoists can induce a large number of altruists to defect. Current gene-based evolutionary theories cannot explain important patterns of human altruism, pointing towards the importance of both theories of cultural evolution as well as gene–culture co-evolution. IS - 6960 JF - Nature SN - 0028-0836 EP - 791 TI - The nature of human altruism PB - Nature Publishing Group VL - 425 T2 - Nature SP - 785 KW - altruism KW - group-incentives KW - nhs-olympic KW - prisoners-dilemma KW - psychology KW - review AU - Fehr, Ernst AU - Fischbacher, Urs PY - 2003/10/23/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nature02043 ER -