title: An eye for an eye: reciprocity and the calibration of redress.
abstract: General systems for reciprocity explain the same phenomena as the target article’s proposed revenge system, and can explain other cooperative phenomena. We need more reason to hypothesise a specific revenge system. In addition, the proposed calculus of revenge is less sensitive to absolute magnitudes of revenge than it should be.
authors.affiliation: Research Unit in Behavioural Economics and Neuroeconomics, Department of Economics, and Brain and Behaviour Initiative, Department of Psychiatry and Mental Health, University of Cape Town, Groote Schuur Hospital, Observatory, 7935, Cape Town, South Africa. andrew.dellis@uct.ac.za
authors.forename: Andrew
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Dellis
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Spurrett
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000374:Aggression / Q000523:psychology*; D003071:Cognition; D061347:Forgiveness; D006801:Humans; D009042:Motivation