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Creating shared goals and experiences as a pathway to peace

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 January 2024

Stephanie L. Brown ,
Michael Brown ,
David Cavallino ,
Ying-Syun Huang ,
Qianjing Li  and
Victor C. Monterroza
Stephanie L. Brown*
Affiliation:
Departments of Psychiatry and Psychology, Stony Brook University, New York, NY, USA [email protected]
Michael Brown
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, Pacific Lutheran University, Parkland, WA, USA [email protected]
David Cavallino
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, Stony Brook University, New York, NY, USA [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]
Ying-Syun Huang
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, Stony Brook University, New York, NY, USA [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]
Qianjing Li
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, Stony Brook University, New York, NY, USA [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]
Victor C. Monterroza
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, Stony Brook University, New York, NY, USA [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]
*
*Corresponding author.
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Abstract

Glowacki offers many new directions for understanding and even eliminating the problem of war, especially creating positive interdependencies with out-group members. We develop Glowacki's intriguing proposition that in-group dynamics provide a route to peace by describing a prosocial motivational system, the caregiving system, that aligns individual interests and eliminates the need to use coercion to achieve mutually beneficial outcomes.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 47 , 2024 , e5
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