Belief in Karma: How cultural evolution, cognition, and motivations shape belief in supernatural justice
Cindel White, Ara Norenzayan
An academic study of why belief in karma appears across cultures. It examines karma as a form of supernatural justice and how cognition, motivation, and cultural evolution shape the conviction that actions lead to morally fitting outcomes.
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