Observatoire des droits humains (anglais seulement)

Kindness has persisted in a competitive world – cultural evolution can explain why

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par Jonathan R Goodman, Researcher, Human Evolutionary Studies, University of Cambridge

Recently, I was walking with some fellow parents after nursery drop-off when we came across a five-pound note lying on the pavement. We stood around it for a moment, a bit awkwardly, until someone suggested putting it on a nearby bench. Then one of the parents remarked that we’d probably have behaved differently — that is, we would have just taken the money — had we been alone.

This relates to a classic question in studies of human generosity: do we behave more selfishly when we aren’t being observed? There is a lot of research…

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