Disentangling the sense of ownership from the sense of fairness

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.

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Articolo
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Tummolini, Luca
Scorolli, Claudia
Borghi, Anna Maria
Publisher: 
Cambridge University Press,, Cambridge , Regno Unito
Source: 
Behavioral and brain sciences (Print) 36 (2013): 101–102. doi:10.1017/S0140525X1200088X
info:cnr-pdr/source/autori:Tummolini, Luca; Scorolli, Claudia; Borghi, Anna Maria/titolo:Disentangling the sense of ownership from the sense of fairness/doi:10.1017/S0140525X1200088X/rivista:Behavioral and brain sciences (Print)/anno:2013/pagina_da:101/pa
Date: 
2013
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http://www.cnr.it/prodotto/i/307884
https://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0140525X1200088X
info:doi:10.1017/S0140525X1200088X
http://www.scopus.com/record/display.url?eid=2-s2.0-84876887412&origin=inward
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Eng
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