Dictators respect others’ earned property but not windfall money.

Evidence

In conditions where the money was earned by the dictators themselves, they simply kept all of it (making, that is, the “zero offer” that rational choice theory predicts self-interested participants should make in all dictator games). In conditions where the money was earned by receivers, on the other hand, the dictators gave them on average more than 50%. … To recipients who had earned $40, no dictator made a zero offer (to be compared with 11% such offer in the corresponding baseline condition) — Nicolas Baumard, A mutualistic approach to morality, 118

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to the fumi-e / partner-choice framework in the reading purpose: entitlement to earned property is exactly the moral intuition apostasy rituals are meant to destroy. — connects to: Earning money dramatically reduces dictators’ willingness to share it. — Nicolas Baumard, A mutualistic approach to morality: The…, 115; Dictators share money only to the extent recipients’ earned it, not to help them. — Nicolas Baumard, A mutualistic approach to morality: The…, 122; Dictators invoke entitlement to justify keeping shared stakes for themselves. — Nicolas Baumard, A mutualistic approach to morality: The…, 128 (+5 more)
• CANDY: Simple, striking result: give someone money they earned and even ‘selfish’ players refuse to take it—handy elevator fact.

Related

• Dictators share money only to the extent recipients’ earned it, not to help them. (similarity 0.91)
• Earning money dramatically reduces dictators’ willingness to share it. (similarity 0.90)
• Dictators invoke entitlement to justify keeping shared stakes for themselves. (similarity 0.88)
• Dictator-game choices reflect competing theories of rights, not selfishness. (similarity 0.86)
• Earned entitlements and game framing change how much people share. (similarity 0.84)
• Fairness in economic games tracks perceived entitlement rather than raw contribution. (similarity 0.82)
• Earned entitlements reshape perceived fairness in resource division. (similarity 0.80)
• Fairness judgments track each participant’s earned contribution, not just payoff equality. (similarity 0.79)

Broader Connections

• Dictators share money only to the extent recipients’ earned it, not to help them. #corroborates (1.00) — Nicolas Baumard, A mutualistic approach to morality, 122
• Dictators invoke entitlement to justify keeping shared stakes for themselves. #qualifies (0.80) — Nicolas Baumard, A mutualistic approach to morality, 128
• Dictator-game choices reflect competing theories of rights, not selfishness. #expands (0.75) — Nicolas Baumard, A mutualistic approach to morality, 123
• A giver of what he does not own will take what you own #exemplifies (0.75) — , A Year of World Stories, 944
• Society aids the poor to neutralize a threat, not to help them #complicates (0.72) — Georg Simmel, on individuality and social forms_…, 410
• Norms shaped by kin altruism and group solidarity are not necessarily moral norms. #qualifies (0.70) — Nicolas Baumard, A mutualistic approach to morality, 693
• Objective group rule proves beneficial only when subordinates need impartiality, not mercy #complicates (0.70) — Georg Simmel, on individuality and social forms_…, 342