tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4058766287077382431.post3848071976281169943..comments2024-03-23T04:01:39.348-04:00Comments on Understanding Society: Assurance gameDan Littlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15953897221283103880noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4058766287077382431.post-4609076096615279902009-11-03T07:27:22.134-05:002009-11-03T07:27:22.134-05:00It seems to me that you're missing out the lit...It seems to me that you're missing out the literature on 'parochial altruism', for example <a href="http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/abstract/318/5850/636" rel="nofollow">this paper</a> by Bowles and Choi or <a href="http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v442/n7105/abs/nature04981.html" rel="nofollow">this paper</a> <br> by Bernhard, Fischbacher and Fehr. and related topics on ingroup and outgroup preferences and that kind of conditional cooperation. The flipside of which is a rather dangerous predilection to violence toward or non-cooperation with outsiders.Simon Hallidayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04289994368497331598noreply@blogger.com