Children have different sharing characteristics, but there is a basis for a sense of fairness and altruism in infancy. Babies (as young as 15-months-old) relate equal ration distribution with their willingness to share a toy. Some favor fairness and sharing, while others don’t. Is this nurtured from their parents and environment, or part of their specific “nature”? Cooperation Some people […]
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The beating drum of economic theory claims we are primarily motivated by self-interest, and that’s what to expect from people in life. If that is true, why do we also enjoy performing acts of generosity/giving/sharing that don’t provide us with any return for what we put out? If our main motivation was to focus on the pure gains we can […]
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The post “Clearing up Confusion About Freewill — What is it?” is a response to someone saying something about forcefully speaking truth to those who don’t want to hear it: > “We actually had a commenter on our YouTube channel tell us that freewill is the ability to violate the freewill of another, and that it was “self-defense” to force […]
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