Ego depletion causes less fair reward allocation.
Evidence
Recent work has shown that fairness and helpfulness diminish when people have depleted their willpower. Banker et al. (in preparation) show that ego depletion causes people to become less fair in allocating rewards between self and others. Specifically, after exerting self-control in one context and then going to a different situation, people selfishly keep a larger portion of the cash stake for themselves instead of sharing it fairly. — Nicolas Baumard, A mutualistic approach to morality, 245
Categorization
- ADDENDUM: Directly relevant to ‘On Sacrifice’ framing — depleted self-regulation undermines the costly, fairness-enforcing rituals that stabilize cooperative societies.
- XREF: connects to: Self-regulation operates like a depletable willpower resource. — Nicolas Baumard, A mutualistic approach to morality: The…, 244; Fairness impulses must compete against natural selfish impulses via self-regulation — Nicolas Baumard, A mutualistic approach to morality: The…, 242
Related
- Self-regulation operates like a depletable willpower resource. (similarity 0.86)
- Fairness impulses must compete against natural selfish impulses via self-regulation (similarity 0.83)
- Parochial altruism and self-sacrifice exceed mutualistic fairness models. (similarity 0.80)
- Fairness rests on impartiality, not mutualistic cooperation. (similarity 0.79)
- Self-regulation, not fairness alone, enables prosocial culture. (similarity 0.78)
Broader Connections
- Fairness impulses must compete against natural selfish impulses via self-regulation
#corroborates(0.82) — Nicolas Baumard, A mutualistic approach to morality, 242