Following Conflict, a Turn to the Divine
Study shows that many who experience the trauma of war become increasingly religious.
The Harvard Gazette
Topics: Cooperation Group Conflict Religiosity Religious Groups Ritual Violence
Wild Beast Within
Barbara J. King considers how cruelty made us human.
The Times Literary Supplement
Topics: Cooperation Human Evolution Violence
How Violence Pointed to Virtue
Primatologist Richard Wrangham’s new book examines the strange relationship between good and evil.
Topics: Cooperation Human Evolution Language Violence
War and Religion
Survey data from Uganda, Sierra Leone, and Tajikistan shows that people with greater exposure to war were more likely to participate in Christian or Muslim religious groups and rituals.
CIFAR
Topics: Religiosity Religious Groups Ritual Violence
Humans: The Domesticated Primates
As we became more peaceable, our bodies evolved along the lines of other tamed animals.
The Wall Street Journal
Topics: Human Evolution Violence
Can Artificial Intelligence Help Stop Religious Violence?
Software that mimics human society is being tested to see if it can help prevent religious violence.
BBC
Topics: Belief Group Conflict Religious Groups Violence
Why Siblings Fight But Colleagues Cooperate
Local competition stymies cooperation, whereas global competition fosters it.
Aeon
Topics: Cooperation Violence
A Potential Benefit to Memories of Terrorism
Amidst the horror there is altruism, which leaves a deep impression.
Scientific American
Topics: Altruism Violence
Did Human Sacrifice Help People Form Complex Societies?
The debate over how well ritual killings maintained social order.
The Atlantic
Topics: Cultural Evolution Evolution of Religion Power Ritual Scientific Study of Religion Social Inequality Violence
Meditation May Not Make You a Better Person After All
A critical look at the research suggests its benefits are less than advertised.
Pacific Standard
Topics: Compassion Empathy Meditation Violence
Why Human Society Isn’t More — or Less—Violent Than in the Past
As populations scale up, the proportion of people killed in battle scales down, suggesting we’re no more or less violent than our forebears who lived in smaller societies.
Science
Topics: Violence
The Root of All Cruelty?
Perpetrators of violence, we’re told, dehumanize their victims. The truth is worse.
The New Yorker
Topics: Group Conflict Morality Violence
Scientists Battle Over Whether Violence Has Declined Over Time
Study of wartime deaths suggests that larger populations remain violent but find safety in numbers.
Science News
Our Enemies Are Human. That’s Why We Want to Kill Them
To understand why one person would actively desire to inflict suffering upon another, we have to look to a counterintuitive source: human morality.
Behavioral Scientist
Topics: Morality Violence
What Science Tells Us About Good and Evil
After a killing and a violent neo-Nazi rally in Charlottesville, the nation wrestles with why we commit such unspeakable acts.
National Geographic
Topics: Altruism Compassion Empathy Violence
Why Are People Still Racist? What Science Says About America’s Race Problem
Two psychologists explore the roots of racism.
Speaking of Science, The Washington Post
Topics: Bias Group Conflict Violence
Physical Remoteness Makes Killing Easier
People seem less reluctant to end the life of another being when they are not physically present for the distasteful act.
Topics: Ethics Morality Technology Violence
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