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The evolution of indirect reciprocity under action and assessment generosity

open access: yesScientific Reports, 2021
Indirect reciprocity is a mechanism for the evolution of cooperation based on social norms. This mechanism requires that individuals in a population observe and judge each other’s behaviors.
Laura Schmid   +3 more
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Exposure to the COVID-19 pandemic environment and generosity

open access: yesRoyal Society Open Science, 2022
We report data from an online experiment which allows us to study how generosity changed over a 6-day period during the initial explosive growth of the COVID-19 pandemic in Andalusia, Spain, while the country was under a strict lockdown. Participants (n =
P. Brañas-Garza   +5 more
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Young dictators-Speaking about oneself decreases generosity in children from two cultural contexts. [PDF]

open access: yesPLoS ONE
Sharing of resources is a common feature of human societies. Yet, there is substantial societal variation in children's generosity, and this variation emerges during middle childhood.
Sandra Weltzien   +3 more
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When are Women More Generous than Men? [PDF]

open access: green, 2006
Previous research on gender differences in behavior has led to seemingly contradictory findings about generosity. From data generated by 290 subject pairs, we find that women are more sensitive than men to the costs of generous actions when deciding ...
James C. Cox, Cary Deck
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Generosity as a central virtue in Nietzsche’s ethics [PDF]

open access: green, 2007
Nietzsche's ethics is basically an ethics of virtue. In his own unique way, and in accordance with his extra-moral view of life, Nietzsche recovers and re-appropriates certain virtues – notably pagan, aristocratic virtues – as part of his project to ...
Marinus Schoeman
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Ruth: Portrait of a Foreign ≫Woman of Valor≪ in the Jewish Canon [PDF]

open access: yesEdinost in Dialog, 2023
This contribution, within the framework of the research project on values in Judeo-Christian sources and traditions, aims to highlight the multiplicity of values which the figure of Ruth carries in the book dedicated to her.
Palmisano Maria Carmela
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The Politics of Generosity. Colombian Official Discourse towards Migration from Venezuela, 2015-2018

open access: yesColombia Internacional, 2021
Objective/Context:As a step towards understanding the nature of power and political action amidst large-scale human mobility, the article analyses how migration from Venezuela emerged in Colombian official discourse between 2015 and 2018.
Mauricio Palma-Gutiérrez
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Perception of generosity under matching and rebate subsidies

open access: yesJudgment and Decision Making, 2022
Existing evidence from laboratory experiments finds that a match is likely to increase charitable donations by more than a theoretically equivalent rebate. A number of explanations have been proposed for this in the literature.
Nathan W. Chan   +3 more
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Does wealth bring happiness?

open access: yesCogent Economics & Finance, 2023
The main purpose of this study is to determine the relationship between wealth and happiness. The study, which uses the 2023 World Happiness Report, uses data from 74 countries.
Hakan Altin
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‘Stingy, Stingy, Stingy Government’: Mixed Responses to the Introduction of the Plastic Carrier Bag Levy in Japan

open access: yesWorldwide Waste, 2021
Since 1 July 2020, all retail businesses in Japan have been required by law to charge customers for plastic carrier bags in order to reduce the use of single-use plastic and to encourage consumers to change their lifestyles.
Brigitte Steger
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