Creating shared goals and experiences as a pathway to peace

Behav Brain Sci. 2024 Jan 15:47:e5. doi: 10.1017/S0140525X23002467.

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.

MeSH terms

  • Goals*
  • Humans
  • Social Conditions
  • Warfare*