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No single notion of cooperation explains when we respect ownership

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 October 2023

Erik Kjos Fonn
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway e.k.fonn@psykologi.uio.no j.h.zahl@psykologi.uio.no b.d.kristensen@psykologi.uio.no lotte.thomsen@psykologi.uio.no
Joakim Haugane Zahl
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway e.k.fonn@psykologi.uio.no j.h.zahl@psykologi.uio.no b.d.kristensen@psykologi.uio.no lotte.thomsen@psykologi.uio.no
Bjørn Dahl Kristensen
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway e.k.fonn@psykologi.uio.no j.h.zahl@psykologi.uio.no b.d.kristensen@psykologi.uio.no lotte.thomsen@psykologi.uio.no Department of Psychology, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
Francesco Margoni
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway e.k.fonn@psykologi.uio.no j.h.zahl@psykologi.uio.no b.d.kristensen@psykologi.uio.no lotte.thomsen@psykologi.uio.no Department of Social Studies, University of Stavanger, Stavanger, Norway francesco.margoni@uis.no Department of Political Science, Center for the Experimental Philosophical Investigation of Discrimination, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark.
Lotte Thomsen
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway e.k.fonn@psykologi.uio.no j.h.zahl@psykologi.uio.no b.d.kristensen@psykologi.uio.no lotte.thomsen@psykologi.uio.no Department of Political Science, Center for the Experimental Philosophical Investigation of Discrimination, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark.

Abstract

Cooperation is fundamentally moderated by the form of relationship between the actors involved, as is normative resource distribution. We argue that possessions are likely treated differently across different types of cooperative relationships. Whereas Boyer's computational model might in principle account for this, the theory would benefit from a specification of how different cooperative contexts can shape the representation of ownership.

Type
Open Peer Commentary
Copyright
Copyright © The Author(s), 2023. Published by Cambridge University Press

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