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- Primitive cognitive processes that allow us to create explanations for all the things we encounter in the world may also bias us to see our world as fair. But the tendency to rely on inherent explanations, and adopt the subsequent belief that things are as they should be, is not unavoidable.
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Mar 16, 2018 · Why Does Fairness Matter? How we can foster greater equality at home and at work. Posted March 16, 2018. In relationships, in families, and at work, fairness seems to get a bad rap. When...
Aug 22, 2014 · Humans are inherently social beings. We care not only about material and financial rewards, but also about social status, belonging, and respect. Research studies show that our brains...
May 11, 2012 · Here are three different ideas about what we mean by fairness: 1. Sameness: There is the fairness where everything is equal. So everyone pays the same price for a theater ticket, whether a child...
Jan 17, 2024 · One explanation for our tendency to be fair, even when we are better off than others, is that we understand other people’s perspectives. This might in fact encourage our willingness to...
- Patricia Christian
- Fairness Is For Avoiding The Appearance of Partiality
- Why Would People Care About Other People’s Partiality?
- The Importance of Developmental and Cross-Cultural Work
- Avoiding Partiality Or Just Selfishness?
Why are children concerned with being fair? One initial pass at this question is to determine if children have a preference (taste) for fairness or if they are fair in order to signal something to others. One possibility is that children and adults have a social preference (or taste) for fair outcomes—being fair for fairness’s sake. Another possibi...
Thus far, I have argued that people are fair to avoid condemnation from others for partiality, but I have not yet explained why people would condemn others for partiality in the first place. In order to understand why people would be motivated to prevent others from pursuing partiality (at least in some contexts), it is important first to understan...
Several critical questions remain to be addressed to fully evaluate the partiality account of fairness: What precise built-in rules constrain people’s fairness concerns? What relevant experiences are needed to develop adult-like concerns with fairness? And how does one’s culture influence the kinds of situations where fairness is relevant? Answerin...
We do not know specifically what fairness concerns are meant to signal; however, people’s fairness concerns do not seem to function as a signal of their concerns with welfare or generosity, since throwing resources in the trash obviously does not reflect these concerns. Although I explored the partiality account of fairness here, there is a second ...
- Alex Shaw
- Alex.w.shaw@gmail.com
- 2016
Jun 26, 2020 · The solution is usually redistribution towards more egalitarian outcomes. Yet, recent research in philosophy, psychology and elsewhere questions the wisdom of such solutions. First, is...
Jun 14, 2021 · Motivation and biases. Our biases are consciously and unconsciously shaped by what motivates us. The motives behind our actions shape how we see the world and everything in it. With this...
