Perceived inequality and variability in the expression of parochial altruism.

IF 2.2 Q1 ANTHROPOLOGY
Evolutionary Human Sciences Pub Date : 2025-01-20 eCollection Date: 2025-01-01 DOI:10.1017/ehs.2024.43
Cody T Ross, Anne C Pisor
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Abstract

It is commonly argued that humans have generalised predispositions for within-group favouritism and between-group animus (i.e. that humans are parochially altruistic), leading to higher levels of internal conflict in societies with greater diversity. Other research, however, has questioned both the ubiquity of parochial altruism and the role of diversity per se in causing social discord. Here, we use ethnographic, social network and experimental economic game data to explore this topic in two multi-ethnic Colombian communities. We examine the extent to which Afrocolombian and Emberá residents express parochial altruism, finding appreciable variability between communities, and across individuals within communities. When present, parochial altruism appears to be driven by divergent perceptions of group-based economic need, not group identity per se. Our results suggest that diversity may be less likely to cause social discord than past work has suggested, as long as group-based inequalities in wealth, well-being and representation - that can destabilise positive inter-group relationships - are minimised.

感知到的不平等和地区性利他主义表达的可变性。
人们普遍认为,人类具有群体内偏爱和群体间敌意的普遍倾向(即人类具有狭隘的利他主义),这导致在多样性更强的社会中,内部冲突的程度更高。然而,其他研究质疑了无处不在的地方利他主义和多样性本身在造成社会不和谐方面的作用。在这里,我们使用民族志、社会网络和实验经济游戏数据来探索两个多民族哥伦比亚社区的这一主题。我们研究了非洲哥伦比亚和ember居民表达教区利他主义的程度,发现社区之间以及社区内个体之间存在明显的差异。当存在时,狭隘的利他主义似乎是由基于群体的经济需求的不同看法驱动的,而不是群体认同本身。我们的研究结果表明,只要最小化基于群体的财富、福祉和代表权不平等(这会破坏积极的群体间关系),多样性可能不像过去的研究所表明的那样,不太可能引起社会不和谐。
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Evolutionary Human Sciences
Evolutionary Human Sciences Social Sciences-Cultural Studies
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