August 19, 2025Proceedings of the National Academy of SciencesOpen Access

Profitable third-party punishment destabilizes cooperation

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Cooperation rates decrease when third-party punishment is motivated by profit, suggesting instability in cooperative behaviors.
In experiments, profitable punishment consistently led to lower cooperation levels, revealing a significant pattern across studies.
Assessment involved multiple economic games and judgment experiments that illustrate the impact of profit motives on social dynamics.
This indicates that profit-oriented punishment can undermine cooperative systems, highlighting potential challenges in real-world applications.

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Experimental analysis reveals that profit-driven third-party punishment decreases cooperation rates, indicating negative implications for social norms.

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Alam et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68af33e9cf1dd9ea359e9373 https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2508479122

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Experimental analysis reveals that profit-driven third-party punishment decreases cooperation rates, indicating negative implications for social norms.

Profitable third-party punishment destabilizes cooperation

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Profitable third-party punishment destabilizes cooperation

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