Virtuous Violence: Hurting and Killing to Create, Sustain, End, and Honor Social Relationships

@inproceedings{Fiske2014VirtuousVH,
  title={Virtuous Violence: Hurting and Killing to Create, Sustain, End, and Honor Social Relationships},
  author={Alan Page Fiske and Tage S. Rai},
  year={2014}
}
  • A. FiskeT. Rai
  • Published 27 November 2014
  • Law, Political Science, Psychology
The point 1. Why are people violent? 2. Violence is morally motivated to regulate social relationships 3. Defense, punishment, and vengeance 4. The right and obligation of parents, police, kings, and gods to violently enforce their authority 5. Contests of violence: fighting for respect and solidarity 6. Honor and shame 7. War 8. Violence to obey, honor, and connect with the gods 9. On relational morality: what are its boundaries, what guides it, and how is it computed? 10. The prevailing… 
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