The Impact of Religion on the Evolution of Cooperation and Conflicts

• Autorzy: Konrad Szocik
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

Religion and religious beliefs have continued to play an important role in the evolution of the ability to cooperate at the level of large groups. It seems that natural selection favours selfishness rather than cooperative tendencies. Therefore, we suggest that cultural selection was necessary for the evolution of pro-social forms of behaviour. Cooperation is connected with conflicts, which are used to develop in-group cooperation. Here I show the possible impact of religion and religious beliefs on the development of an ability to cooperate, and to generate conflicts which are strictly connected with the possibility of in-group cooperation.(original abstract)

Słowa kluczowe

EN

Religion; Conflict analysis; Conflict theory

PL

Religia; Analiza konfliktów; Teoria konfliktów

• Czasopismo: Człowiek i Społeczeństwo / Uniwersytet im. Adama Mickiewicza w Poznaniu. Wydział Nauk Społecznych
• Rocznik: 2016
• Tom: 41 Religion and Religiosity in the Processes of Modernization and Globalization
• Strony: 177--188

Twórcy

autor

Konrad Szocik

• University of Information Technology and Management in Rzeszow, Poland

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Identyfikatory

DOI

10.14746/cis.2016.41.10