Rejecting unfair offers is fast and automatic while accepting is deliberative.

Evidence

Not only do people from some societies get angry when they receive a low offer, but also the participants are quicker when deciding to reject low offers. By contrast, deciding to accept a low offer—the rational and self-interested thing to do—seems to take much careful consideration. — Joseph Henrich, The Secret of Our Success, 636

Categorization

• XREF: Automatic anger at unfairness is the punishment half of norm psychology that coercive environments may leverage. — connects to: Impulse control loss increases punishment of unfair offers but not fair ones. — Joseph Henrich, The Secret of Our Success: How Culture…, 636; Accepting and rejecting the given are radically different modes of surpassing — Simone de Beauvoir, The Ethics of Ambiguity, 87; Rejecting egoistic preference ordering can rest on non-selfish reasons like self-defense and group obligations — Diego Gambetta, Trust - Making and Breaking Cooperative…, 139

Broader Connections

• Accepting and rejecting the given are radically different modes of surpassing #qualifies (0.75) — Simone de Beauvoir, The Ethics of Ambiguity, 87
• Rejecting egoistic preference ordering can rest on non-selfish reasons like self-defense and group obligations #expands (0.72) — Diego Gambetta, Trust - Making and Breaking Cooperative…, 139