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Theory for Behavior Modification Process for Cooperation

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Prescription for Social Dilemmas

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The reason why the three psychological factors, knowledge, trust, and moral obligation explained in the previous chapter facilitate people’s cooperation is because a social dilemma has its own unique benefit structure. That is to say, because there exists a social situation which involves such relationships with others as competition and cooperation, these three factors can facilitate people’s cooperation.

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Fujii, S. (2017). Theory for Behavior Modification Process for Cooperation. In: Prescription for Social Dilemmas. Springer, Tokyo. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-55618-3_4

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