Citation

Gray JM, Dickins TE. Behav. Brain Sci. 2014; 37(4): 369-370.

Affiliation

Department of Psychology,Middlesex University,London,NW4 4BT,United Kingdom.j.gray@mdx.ac.ukhttp://www.mdx.ac.uk/aboutus/staffdirectory/Jacqueline_Gray.aspxt.dickins@mdx.ac.ukhttps://dissentwithmodification.com/

Copyright

(Copyright © 2014, Cambridge University Press)

DOI

10.1017/S0140525X13003403

PMID

25162847

Abstract

Lankford claims that suicide terrorists are suicidal, but that their suicidal tendencies are often frustrated by injunctive social norms. Martyrdom represents a solution, and terrorist organizations exploit this. In this commentary, we claim that this argument has not been fully made and that such ideation in itself does not explain a willingness to engage in punitive actions against an enemy. We suggest the psychology of kinship as a possible missing factor.

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