Department of Psychology,University of Toronto Scarborough,Toronto,Ontario M1C
Behav Brain Sci. 2016 Jan;39:e14. doi: 10.1017/S0140525X15000448.
The target article develops an account of religious prosociality that is driven by increases in self-control. We suggest this account is incomplete. Although religion might increase prosociality to the in-group, it decreases it to the much larger out-group. Rituals, for example, lead to out-group derogation. We also challenge the link between religion and improved self-control, offering evidence that religion hinders self-control.
本文发展了一种观点，认为宗教的亲社会行为是由自我控制的增强所驱动的。我们认为这种观点是不完整的。尽管宗教可能会增加对本群体的亲社会行为，但它会减少对更大的外群体的亲社会行为。例如，仪式会导致对外群体的贬低。我们还挑战了宗教与改善自我控制之间的联系，提供了证据表明宗教会阻碍自我控制。
