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Moralizing gods revisited

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 March 2016

Frans L. Roes
Frans L. Roes*
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Lauriergracht 127-II, 1016 RK Amsterdam, The Netherlands. froes@dds.nl http://www.froes.dds.nl
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Abstract

Six ideas explaining the existence of moralizing gods are mentioned, and I discuss the words prosocial and antisocial.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 39 , 2016 , e22
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