title: Recognizing religion's dark side: Religious ritual increases antisociality and hinders self-control.
abstract: The target article develops an account of religious prosociality that is driven by increases in self-control. We suggest this account is incomplete. Although religion might increase prosociality to the in-group, it decreases it to the much larger out-group. Rituals, for example, lead to out-group derogation. We also challenge the link between religion and improved self-control, offering evidence that religion hinders self-control.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology,University of Toronto Scarborough,Toronto,Ontario M1C 1A4Canada.nick.hobson@utoronto.camichael.inzlicht@utoronto.cawww.michaelinzlicht.com.
authors.forename: Nicholas M
authors.initials: NM
authors.lastname: Hobson
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology,University of Toronto Scarborough,Toronto,Ontario M1C 1A4Canada.nick.hobson@utoronto.camichael.inzlicht@utoronto.cawww.michaelinzlicht.com.
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Inzlicht
mesh_terms: D002562:Ceremonial Behavior; D006801:Humans; D012067:Religion; D000068356:Self-Control