Episode 5: Revenge, Pt. 2: The Revenge - a podcast by Tamler Sommers & David Pizarro

Dave
and Tamler continue their discussion about their favorite topic.  They talk about the evolutionary origins of
retributive behavior, cross-cultural differences in revenge norms, and the proportionate punishment for someone who gives your wife a foot massage. They also play a clipfrom an interview they conducted in Nosara with local attorney Andres Gonzalezabout the Costa Rican treatment of the criminals they call ‘pobrecitos.’

Links

“Would you give a man a foot
massage?” 

Robert
Frank’sPassions
Within Reason,one of the best
books of the last 100 years.

Tamler’s
article“The
Two Faces of Revenge”

Dave’s
post for the Harmony Blog:“How
I Learned to Stop Worrying and Become a Philosopher-in-Residence.”

Further episodes of Very Bad Wizards

Further podcasts by Tamler Sommers & David Pizarro

Website of Tamler Sommers & David Pizarro