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

Strict liability when judging moral violations will be widespread across subsistence modes and regions of the world

Note

42% of societies with enough data clearly have strict liability norms and 26% of societies with intermediate or less clear data had them as well

Test

Test NameSupportSignificanceCoefficientTail
UNKNOWNSupportedUNKNOWNUNKNOWNUNKNOWN

Variables

Variable NameVariable Type OCM Term(s)
Strict LiabilityDependentLiability