摘要 It has often been noted that most of the major wo

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• 日期：2010

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It has often been noted that most of the major world religions espouse a version of the "golden rule." In this paper we consider the 文化 演化 of such a doctrine, where the responsibility to act altruistically towards others applies universally, not just to other members of the same society. Using a game-theoretical model, we find that societies over a critical size benefit from adopting a mode of universal 利他主義. These "golden-rule societies" must justify violence against outsiders by formulating exceptions to this universal rule. For smaller groups, it is more efficient to adopt a rule that simply requires 合作 within the group. Data from the ethnographic record supports a correlation between group size and societal norms of universal 合作. Our results provide an explanation for the prevalence of

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