Harsh antisocial punishment is culturally correlated with weak civic norms.
Evidence
What they found is that antisocial punishment is harsher in societies with weak norms of civic cooperation. In these societies, people feel unfairly looked down upon by high contributors who expect too much from others. This observation fits nicely with qualitative research findings. For instance, in a recent article Gambetta and Origgi (2009) have described how Italian academics tacitly agree to deliver and receive low contributions in their collaborations and regard high contributors as cheaters who treat others unfairly by requiring too much of them. — Nicolas Baumard, A mutualistic approach to morality, 194
Categorization
- SEED: The Italian academics case is a perfect micro-climate for writing about how institutional mediocrity is enforced, and how reformers get punished as cheaters.
- SHARE: Worth sending to a former academic colleague who has seen the ‘publish less, let everyone coast’ dynamic in a department.
- XREF: connects to: Third-party punishment is weaker than second-party punishment. — Ernst Fehr, Third-Party Punishment and Social Norms, 82; Institutions across cultures evolved mainly to publicize who violated communal norms. — PAUL R. MILGRO, PAUL R. MILGRO - THE ROLE OF…, 166
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Broader Connections
- Institutions across cultures evolved mainly to publicize who violated communal norms.
#corroborates(0.78) — PAUL R. MILGRO, PAUL R. MILGRO - THE ROLE OF…, 166 - Third-party punishment is weaker than second-party punishment.
#expands(0.72) — Ernst Fehr, Third-Party Punishment and Social Norms, 82