title: Disentangling the sense of ownership from the sense of fairness.
abstract: Both evolutionary and developmental research indicate that humans are adapted to respecting property rights, independently (and possibly orthogonally) of considerations of fairness. We offer evidence from psychological experiments suggesting that enforcing one’s rights and respecting others’ possessions are basic cognitive mechanisms automatically activated and grounded in humans’ sensory-motor system. This may entail an independent motivation that is more profound than considerations of fairness and impartiality.
authors: Institute of Cognitive Sciences and Technologies, Italian National Research Council, 00185 Rome, Italy. luca.tummolini@istc.cnr.it
authors: Luca
authors: L
authors: Tummolini
authors: Claudia
authors: C
authors: Scorolli
authors: Anna M
authors: AM
authors: Borghi
mesh_terms: D002755:Choice Behavior; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008393:Marriage; D009014:Morals; D012747:Sexual Partners