Publication: Pleasure in response to out-group pain as a motivator of intergroup aggression
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2018
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Guilford Press
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Cikara, Mina. 2018. Pleasure in response to out-group pain as a motivator of intergroup aggression. In Atlas of Moral Psychology, eds. K. Gray & J. Graham. New York: Guilford Press.
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If humans are innately good, cooperative, fair, and averse to harming one another, why does widespread intergroup violence continue to afflict society? Several factors contribute to fomenting aggression between groups; here I focus on the role of pleasure in response to out-group pain.
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empathy, Schadenfreude, harm
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