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Altruistic Celibacy, Kin-Cue Manipulation, and The Development of Religious Institutions.

Building on a model first proposed by Gary Johnson, it is hypothesized that religious institutions demanding celibacy and other forms of altruism from members take advantage of human predispositions to favor genetic relatives in order to maintain and reinforce these desired behaviors in non-kin sett...

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Published in:Zygon: Journal of Religion & Science Vol. 39; no. 3; pp. 681 - 707
Main Author: Qirko, Hector
Format: Article
Published: Open Library of Humanities Sep2004
Subjects:
Psychology
Religious institutions
Recognition (Psychology)
Altruism
Individualism
Celibacy in Buddhism
Celibacy
Human behavior
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