Impulse control loss increases punishment of unfair offers but not fair ones.

Evidence

Loss of their impulse control resulted in more rejections of low offers, but not of 50/50 offers. Negative emotional reactions are our automatic and unreflective response to norm violations and norm violators. — Joseph Henrich, The Secret of Our Success, 636

Categorization

  • XREF: Serotonin-depleted rejection of unfair offers shows automatic anger at norm violation, the enforcement side of conformist norm psychology. — connects to: Rejecting unfair offers is fast and automatic while accepting is deliberative. — Joseph Henrich, The Secret of Our Success: How Culture…, 636; Fairness impulses must compete against natural selfish impulses via self-regulation — Nicolas Baumard, A mutualistic approach to morality: The…, 242; Punishment in cleaner fish couples may stem from loss aversion, not fairness preferences. — Nicolas Baumard, A mutualistic approach to morality: The…, 315

Broader Connections