Reciprocal contracts - not competitive acquisition - explain the moral psychology of ownership.

Behav Brain Sci

Institut Jean Nicod, Département d'études cognitives, Ecole normale supérieure, Université PSL, EHESS, CNRS, Paris,

Published: October 2023

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We applaud Boyer's attempt to ground the psychology of ownership partly in a cooperative logic. In this commentary, we propose to go further and ground the psychology of ownership solely in a cooperative logic. The predictions of bargaining theory, we argue, completely contradict the actual features of ownership intuitions. Ownership is only about the calculation of mutually beneficial, reciprocal contracts.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0140525X23001279DOI Listing

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