The Urge to Punish Cheats: Not Just Human, but Selfless. ‘In the ferocity of the public outcry, and the demand from even those with no personal stake in the Enron collapse that “justice” be done, some scientists see a vivid example of humanity’s evolved and deep-seated hatred of the Cheat. The Cheat is the transgressor of fair play, the violator of accepted norms, the sneak who smiles with Chiclet teeth while ladling from the community till.’ NY Times