Fairness is only human, scientists find

[HomeschoolrsRUs]

http://www.latimes.com/news/science/la-sci-unfair5oct05,1,3163114.story?track=rss&ctrack=1&cset=true

Fairness is only human, scientists find

An experiment with chimps finds they are content with decisions humans would reject as unjust. A second study looks at fair play in twins, and finds heredity plays a strong role.

By Denise Gellene, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer
October 5, 2007

A sense of fair play is uniquely human and is shaped not only by social forces but by heredity, according to a new study involving chimps and a separate study testing human identical twins.

In a food-sharing experiment published today in the journal Science, chimpanzees readily accepted stingy offers humans would tend to reject, suggesting that the human sense of fairness evolved to foster cooperation in a complex society made up of unrelated individuals and groups.


Check out the "chimp-test", http://www.freeconservatives.com/vb/images/icons/goofyeye.gif

[DoctorDoom]

I wonder which genes randomly mutated to "evolve" fairness.

[PaulRevere]

Every time I hear or see the word "fair" or "fairness" anymore, I suspect that it is either a liberal definition used to justify socialist-inspired redistribution of wealth, or a 5-year-old kid arguing for something he/she wants more or less of.

[dPrasse]

This , from scientists ?

The same ones that tried to push the crap about the only differences between boys and girls is that one has an "Innie" and one has an "outie" ?

Is our son being "fair" to our dog when he gives the dog food ? No , the D-Man shares the food that he doesn't want and won't eat ...

Give the chimps another banana ...

[DoctorDoom]

What's depressing is that someone is paying them more to do this sort of "research" than any of us get working for a living.

[Beowulf]

As my parents so often reminded me, "Life isn't fair....." and they were right!!Pretty much squashes this argument!!