Cigarettes for the dead : effects of sorcery beliefs on parochial prosociality in Mauritius
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Result code in IS VaVaI
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Result on the web
<a href="https://doi.org/10.1080/2153599X.2021.2006286" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.1080/2153599X.2021.2006286</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/2153599X.2021.2006286" target="_blank" >10.1080/2153599X.2021.2006286</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Cigarettes for the dead : effects of sorcery beliefs on parochial prosociality in Mauritius
Original language description
Research testing evolutionary models of religious morality shows that supernatural beliefs in moralizing gods positively affect prosociality. However, the effects of beliefs related to local supernatural agents have not been extensively explored. Drawing from a Mauritian Hindu sample, we investigated the effects of beliefs and practices related to two different types of local supernatural agents (spirits of the deceased unconcerned with morality) on preferential resources allocation to receivers differing in geographical and social closeness to participants. These spirits are ambiguously linked to either ancestor worship or sorcery practice. Previous studies suggested that sorcery beliefs erode social bonds and trust, but such research is often limited by social stigma and missing relevant comparison with other beliefs. To overcome these limitations, we used nuanced free-list data to discriminate between the two modes of spirit beliefs and tested how each contributes to decision-making in economic games (Random Allocation, Dictator). Expressing sorcery beliefs together with performing rituals addressed to the spirits was associated with greater probability of rule-breaking for selfish/parochial outcomes in the Random Allocation Game (compared to ancestor worship). No difference in money allocations was found in the Dictator Game.
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
60304 - Religious studies
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach
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Publication year
2022
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Religion, Brain & Behavior
ISSN
2153-599X
e-ISSN
2153-5981
Volume of the periodical
12
Issue of the periodical within the volume
1-2
Country of publishing house
GB - UNITED KINGDOM
Number of pages
16
Pages from-to
116-131
UT code for WoS article
000778745700008
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85126186174