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The role of affect in feelings of obligation.

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Beeler-Duden, S; Yucel, M; Vaish, A
Published in: The Behavioral and brain sciences
April 2020

Tomasello offers a compelling account of the emergence of humans' sense of obligation. We suggest that more needs to be said about the role of affect in the creation of obligations. We also argue that positive emotions such as gratitude evolved to encourage individuals to fulfill cooperative obligations without the negative quality that Tomasello proposes is inherent in obligations.

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The Behavioral and brain sciences

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EISSN

1469-1825

ISSN

0140-525X

Publication Date

April 2020

Volume

43

Start / End Page

e60

Related Subject Headings

  • Morals
  • Moral Obligations
  • Humans
  • Experimental Psychology
  • Emotions
  • 5204 Cognitive and computational psychology
  • 5202 Biological psychology
  • 3209 Neurosciences
  • 1702 Cognitive Sciences
  • 1109 Neurosciences
 

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Beeler-Duden, S., Yucel, M., & Vaish, A. (2020). The role of affect in feelings of obligation. The Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 43, e60. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0140525x19002449
Beeler-Duden, Stefen, Meltem Yucel, and Amrisha Vaish. “The role of affect in feelings of obligation.The Behavioral and Brain Sciences 43 (April 2020): e60. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0140525x19002449.
Beeler-Duden S, Yucel M, Vaish A. The role of affect in feelings of obligation. The Behavioral and brain sciences. 2020 Apr;43:e60.
Beeler-Duden, Stefen, et al. “The role of affect in feelings of obligation.The Behavioral and Brain Sciences, vol. 43, Apr. 2020, p. e60. Epmc, doi:10.1017/s0140525x19002449.
Beeler-Duden S, Yucel M, Vaish A. The role of affect in feelings of obligation. The Behavioral and brain sciences. 2020 Apr;43:e60.
Journal cover image

Published In

The Behavioral and brain sciences

DOI

EISSN

1469-1825

ISSN

0140-525X

Publication Date

April 2020

Volume

43

Start / End Page

e60

Related Subject Headings

  • Morals
  • Moral Obligations
  • Humans
  • Experimental Psychology
  • Emotions
  • 5204 Cognitive and computational psychology
  • 5202 Biological psychology
  • 3209 Neurosciences
  • 1702 Cognitive Sciences
  • 1109 Neurosciences