TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2007//
TI  - Sacred bounds on rational resolution of violent political conflict
JO  - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
A1  - Ginges, Jeremy
A1  - Atran, Scott
A1  - Medin, Douglas
A1  - Shikaki, Khalil
SP  - 7357
EP  - 7360
VL  - 104
IS  - 18
N2  - We report a series of experiments carried out with Palestinian and Israeli participants showing that violent opposition to compromise over issues considered sacred is (i) increased by offering material incentives to compromise but (ii) decreased when the adversary makes symbolic compromises over their own sacred values. These results demonstrate some of the unique properties of reasoning and decision-making over sacred values. We show that the use of material incentives to promote the peaceful resolution of political and cultural conflicts may backfire when adversaries treat contested issues as sacred values.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0027-8424
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0701768104
ID  - ref1
ER  -