Fairness impulses must compete against natural selfish impulses via self-regulation

Evidence

We agree, but with some reservations. Selfishness is natural in the animal kingdom, and humans have presumably not shed these selfish impulses. Therefore, fairness impulses must compete in the psyche against selfish impulses. Self-regulation is the executive capacity to adjudicate among competing motivations, especially in favor of socially and culturally valued ones (e.g., Baumeister & Vohs 2007). Self-regulation may often be needed in order that the relatively new and fragile impulse toward fairness can prevail over hunger, greed, lust, anger, and other uncooperative impulses. — Nicolas Baumard, A mutualistic approach to morality, 242

Categorization

• DEFINE: Defines self-regulation as the executive capacity to adjudicate among competing motivations in favor of socially valued ones.
• XREF: connects to: Fairness regulates rather than generates the moralized expression of evolved dispositions — Nicolas Baumard, A mutualistic approach to morality: The…, 692; Egoistic motivations alone cannot sustain cooperation without plausible self-regulating structures; Egoistic micro-motivation lacks momentum across cases of cooperation (+5 more)

Related

• Self-regulation explains long-term enterprise generally, not moral sense specifically. (similarity 0.85)
• Fairness regulates rather than generates the moralized expression of evolved dispositions (similarity 0.85)
• Cooperation requires self-regulation because its costs are immediate but its benefits are delayed (similarity 0.84)
• Ego depletion causes less fair reward allocation. (similarity 0.83)
• Self-regulation, not fairness alone, enables prosocial culture. (similarity 0.82)
• Self-regulation operates like a depletable willpower resource. (similarity 0.82)
• Fairness-based morality is uniquely human despite similar selective conditions in animals. (similarity 0.81)
• Morality is an evolved sense of fairness, not a late intellectual achievement (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)
• Fairness rests on impartiality, not mutualistic cooperation. (similarity 0.78)
• Egoistic motivations alone cannot sustain cooperation without plausible self-regulating structures (similarity 0.78)
• Moral fairness may itself have been shaped by natural selection. (similarity 0.78)
• Fairness is not reducible to mutualistic partner choice. (similarity 0.78)

Broader Connections

• Ethical merit requires the conquest of contrary impulses #corroborates (0.92) — Georg Simmel, on individuality and social forms_…, 243
• Egoistic motivations alone cannot sustain cooperation without plausible self-regulating structures #corroborates (0.85)
• Egoistic micro-motivation lacks momentum across cases of cooperation #corroborates (0.78)