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Moral rigidity as a proximate facilitator of group cohesion and combativeness

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 August 2019

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Antoine Marie*
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Abstract

De Dreu and Gross's description of the proximate mechanisms conditioning success in intergroup conflict omits humans' deontological morality. Drawing on research on sacralization and moral objectivism, I show how “moral rigidity” may have evolved through partner selection mechanisms to foster coalitions’ cohesion and combativeness in intergroup conflict.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 42 , 2019 , e130
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Owing to a printer's error, the first paragraph of this commentary was set as part of the abstract. This has been corrected here and an erratum has been published.

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