Why We Crave Revenge | Michael McCullough

Revenge is designed to deter the individual who harmed you from feeling licensed to do it again—like thorns on roses, says psychologist Michael McCullough. When we feel slighted, we often can't resist the urge for "payback." It feels like a craving, an unscratched itch—and there’s a really important evolutionary logic behind it as a strategy.

Michael McCullough is a psychology professor at UC San Diego who explores the ways our evolutionary past illuminates how humans today think, feel, and behave. For 25 years, he has pioneered experimental work on forgiveness, gratitude, empathy, religion, and morality. With the support from the Templeton philanthropies, he directs an international effort to better understand the role of gratitude in many different cultures. Among his many publications, Mike has authored the book The Kindness of Strangers: How a Selfish Ape Invented a New Moral Code, as well as Beyond Revenge: The Evolution of the Forgiveness Instinct. Mike joins the podcast to discuss forgiveness, revenge, and our evolutionary and cultural tendencies toward each.

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