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Cooperation through moral commitment.

Robert Frank1

  • 1Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853-6201, USA.

Novartis Foundation Symposium
|January 12, 2007
PubMed
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Fairness actions align with self-interest sometimes, but not always. This study explores why people possess a sense of fairness, even when it conflicts with personal gain, particularly in situations like tipping strangers.

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Area of Science:

  • Behavioral Economics
  • Social Psychology
  • Moral Philosophy

Background:

  • Fairness-promoting actions can align with or diverge from individual self-interest.
  • Tipping at local restaurants may be explained by self-interest (future service quality).
  • Tipping by travelers at highway rest stops challenges self-interest explanations.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the role of fairness in explaining actions that appear to contradict narrow self-interest.
  • To explore the fundamental question of why individuals possess a sense of fairness.
  • To analyze scenarios where fairness considerations are implicated despite a lack of personal benefit.

Main Methods:

  • Conceptual analysis and examination of behavioral examples (e.g., tipping).

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  • Distinguishing between self-interested motivations and fairness-driven behavior.
  • Philosophical inquiry into the origins of the sense of fairness.

    • Main Results:

    • Travelers tipping at unfamiliar highway restaurants suggests fairness, not self-interest, is the primary driver.
    • The act of tipping in such contexts implies a motivation beyond reciprocal benefit.
    • The existence of fairness as a motivator raises deeper questions about its evolutionary or social origins.

    Conclusions:

    • Fairness concerns are necessary to explain tipping behavior in contexts devoid of future self-interest.
    • The study posits that a fundamental sense of fairness exists, independent of immediate personal gain.
    • Further discussion is needed to understand the underlying reasons for the human sense of fairness.