Comments on: Monkey Fairness

By: Even monkeys know when they’re being treated unfairly « The Situationist

Sat, 02 Oct 2010 18:48:18 +0000

[...] a sample of related Situationist posts, see “Monkey Fairness,” “A Discussion about (In)Equality,”“Inequality and the Unequal Situation of [...]

By: Laurie Santos on the Evolutionary Situation of Cognitive Biases « The Situationist

Wed, 25 Aug 2010 04:02:25 +0000

[...] in Chimpanzees – Abstract,” “The Situation of Political Animals,” and “Monkey Fairness.” Possibly related posts: (automatically generated)The Situation of Experimental [...]

By: The Situation of Cooperation « The Situationist

The Situation of Cooperation « The Situationist — Tue, 04 May 2010 04:02:43 +0000

[...] “The Situation of Kindness,” “New Study Looks at the Roots of Empathy,” “Monkey Fairness,” “The Situation of Punishment (and Forgiveness),” “The Situation [...]

By: The Situation of Displinary Welfare Programs – Abstract « The Situationist

Tue, 30 Jun 2009 13:38:18 +0000

[...] To download the paper for free, click here. To read a sample of related Situationist posts, see “Robin Hood Motives” and “Monkey Fairness.” [...]

By: In Defense of the Post-Senatorial Cash-In (Part Two) « dlPFC

In Defense of the Post-Senatorial Cash-In (Part Two) « dlPFC — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 07:26:49 +0000

[...] outrage is easy to provoke. There’s pretty good evidence that the concept of fairness is hardwired into our brains: when we’re on the short end of a deal, we’d rather screw ourselves [...]

By: Lilian Nattel

Lilian Nattel — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 21:08:05 +0000

Humans don’t always take individual contributions into account either.

By: Nicolas Baumard

Nicolas Baumard — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 10:53:05 +0000

Capuchin’s fairness is not so sure. First, De Waal’s origional finding has not been replicated by Tomasellos’ team. Second, and more important, there several and more simple explanations to such a behaviour. his does not show that monkeys are averse to inequity, only that they reject a lesser reward when better rewards are available. It can also be frustration or envy or even discouragement. Finally, although they hunt collectively, neither dogs nor chimps seem to take into account individual contributions to the hunt when sharing meat (not mentioning the case of capuchin).

See my post on Cognition and Culture.
http://www.cognitionandculture.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=397:are-dogs-and-chimps-really-inequity-averse&catid=37:nicolas&Itemid=34