Why You Just Helped That Stranger

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Why You Just Helped That Stranger

Moralizing gods help societies cooperate, research shows


Robert M. Sapolsky of The Wall Street Journal delves into recent research on moralizing gods and human behavior. Included in his article is research by Carlos Botero, Assistant Professor of Biology at WashU and lead author of "The ecology of religious belief" published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.