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 Gonzalez
about the Costa Rican treatment of the criminals they call ‘pobrecitos.’Links“Would you give a man a foot
massage?”  Robert
Frank’s Passions
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.”