Why Is Duelling a Good Thing?

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We tend to think of duelling as there this barbaric thing. What's fascinating is that there are cultural norms and institutions that try to limit that. Traditional duelling was rampant in france, i believe, in the 17 hundreds. Women prized men who were good duellists - despite being very slovenly.

Stuntman and action designer Eric Jacobus joins EconTalk host Russ Roberts for a no-holds-barred discussion of the biological basis for violence and how to avoid the worst of it, the value of violence as spectator sport, and the vast superiority of duels to feuds--Alexander Hamilton notwithstanding.