Dolphin cooperation may include partner-fairness evaluation like humans
Evidence
It is conceivable, however, that we might be underestimating the richness of nonhuman cooperation. For instance, the diversity and complexity of mutual aid in dolphins is extremely impressive (see Connor 2007; Connor & Norris 1982), leaving open the possibility that this species might be endowed with the ability to evaluate the fairness of their partners in a way that could be similar to our own. — Nicolas Baumard, A mutualistic approach to morality, 647
Categorization
- QUESTION: Worth chasing: are there behavioral studies testing dolphin fairness judgments, analogous to the ultimatum game in primates?
- CANDY: A light, shareable tidbit: dolphin mutual aid is so complex it might include partner-fairness evaluation.
- XREF: connects to: Partner choice predicts fair cooperation while group selection predicts utilitarian cooperation. — Nicolas Baumard, A mutualistic approach to morality: The…, 637; Morality evolved because fair partners were preferred in cooperative interactions — Nicolas Baumard, A mutualistic approach to morality: The…, 4; Cooperation has no single solution; motivations combine and overdetermine action (+2 more)
Related
- Morality evolved because fair partners were preferred in cooperative interactions (similarity 0.82)
- A preference for fairness can directly favor equalitarianism in cooperation. (similarity 0.81)
- Partner choice predicts fair cooperation while group selection predicts utilitarian cooperation. (similarity 0.81)
- Fairness evolves from partner choice, not partner control (similarity 0.80)
- Meritocratic fairness norms evolved as adaptations to partner-choice markets (similarity 0.80)
- Fairness is not reducible to mutualistic partner choice. (similarity 0.80)
- Fairness evolved to distribute payoffs by input, not equally. (similarity 0.80)
- Other-regarding behavior is widespread in animals but fairness preferences are not. (similarity 0.79)
- Morality evolved as a propensity for fair cost-benefit sharing among cooperators. (similarity 0.79)
- Morality evolves from individual partner-choice competition, not group selection. (similarity 0.79)
- Cooperation and morality are distinct categories. (similarity 0.78)
- Morality may have evolved via partner choice over partner control (similarity 0.78)
- Cooperation arises from partner choice, not reciprocal tit-for-tat, across species and human development. (similarity 0.78)
- Partner choice theory shifts cooperation research away from dyadic Prisoner’s Dilemma models. (similarity 0.78)
- Fairness is self-interested because stingy partners get abandoned. (similarity 0.78)
Broader Connections
- Morality evolved because fair partners were preferred in cooperative interactions
#corroborates(0.80) — Nicolas Baumard, A mutualistic approach to morality, 4 - Partner choice predicts fair cooperation while group selection predicts utilitarian cooperation.
#corroborates(0.75) — Nicolas Baumard, A mutualistic approach to morality, 637 - Meritocratic fairness norms evolved as adaptations to partner-choice markets
#corroborates(0.75) — Nicolas Baumard, A mutualistic approach to morality, 324 - Cooperation has no single solution; motivations combine and overdetermine action
#qualifies(0.72) - Parochial altruism and self-sacrifice exceed mutualistic fairness models.
#qualifies(0.70) — Nicolas Baumard, A mutualistic approach to morality, 269