Anger at being cheated was necessary for fairness to become intrinsically valued
Evidence
Also, emotion would have been involved in fairness-because-itpays evolving into fairness-as-a-good-in-itself. If being cheated in reciprocity games did not make people angry, would fairness have become a good in itself? Not likely. With no anger, surely our ancestors would simply have shrugged their shoulders and moved on. — Nicolas Baumard, A mutualistic approach to morality, 517
Categorization
- XREF: connects to: Mutualistic anthropology explains moral anger as an evolved fairness-restoring mechanism — Nicolas Baumard, A mutualistic approach to morality: The…, 354; Emotions like anger drive and independently cost norm enforcement — Ernst Fehr, Third-Party Punishment and Social Norms, 135
Related
- Mutualistic anthropology explains moral anger as an evolved fairness-restoring mechanism (similarity 0.86)
- Fairness regulates rather than generates the moralized expression of evolved dispositions (similarity 0.84)
- Moral anger tracks the offender’s intentions, not just the harm done (similarity 0.82)
- Anger deters aggression and seeks bargaining power rather than fairness. (similarity 0.81)
Broader Connections
- Emotions like anger drive and independently cost norm enforcement
#corroborates(0.80) — Ernst Fehr, Third-Party Punishment and Social Norms, 135