为了你的群体还是为了你的信仰而死？论信仰的力量。

Dying for your group or for your faith? On the power of belief.

机构信息

Department of Philosophy & Moral Sciences,Ghent University,Ghent 9000,

出版信息

Behav Brain Sci. 2018 Jan;41:e195. doi: 10.1017/S0140525X18001656.

Abstract

Whitehouse's theory offers one plausible pathway toward extreme self-sacrifice, but it fails to explain sacrificial acts that are inspired by heartfelt ideological beliefs, including jihadi terrorism and mass suicide in cults. If he wants to offer a "single overarching theory" of self-sacrifice, he will need to take seriously the power of belief.

摘要

怀特豪斯的理论提供了一种可能的极端自我牺牲的途径，但它无法解释那些受到发自内心的意识形态信念所激发的牺牲行为，包括圣战恐怖主义和邪教中的集体自杀。如果他想提出一个“自我牺牲的单一主导理论”，他将需要认真对待信仰的力量。