Kinship Intensity and the Use of Mental States in Moral Judgement Across Societies

Evolution and Human Behavior • Vol/Iss. 41(5) • Elsevier • • Published In • Pages: 415-429 •
By Curtin, Cameron M. , Barrett, H. Clark, Bolyanatz, Alexander, Crittenden, Alyssa N., Fessler, Daniel M.T., Fitzpatrick, Simon, Gurven, Michael, Kanovsky, Martin, Kushnick, Geoff, Laurence, Stephen, Pisor, Anne C., Scelza, Brooke, Stich, Stephen, von Rueden, Christopher, Henrich, Joseph

Hypothesis

The reliance on mental states during moral judgment will decline as kinship intensity increases

Note

Hypothesis also holds for vignettes involving theft, physical harm, poisoning, and when pooling across all three and adding food taboos

Test

Test NameSupportSignificanceCoefficientTail
UNKNOWNPartial SupportUNKNOWNUNKNOWNUNKNOWN

Variables

Variable NameVariable Type OCM Term(s)
Kinship Intensity IndexIndependentKinship
Reliance on Mental StatesDependentEthnophysiology, Ethnopsychology