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ScienceDaily: Strange Science News

ScienceDaily: Strange Science News


Influenced by self-interest, humans less concerned about inequity to others, researchers find

Posted: 21 Aug 2014 08:56 AM PDT

Strongly influenced by their self-interest, humans do not protest being overcompensated, even when there are no consequences, researchers have found. This could imply that humans are less concerned than previously believed about the inequity of others, researchers said. These findings suggest humans' sense of unfairness is affected by their self-interest, indicating the interest humans show in others' outcomes is a recently evolved propensity.

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