How the minimalist model of ownership psychology can aid in explaining moral behaviors under resource constraints

TY - JOUR

T1 - How the minimalist model of ownership psychology can aid in explaining moral behaviors under resource constraints

AU - Mitkidis, Panagiotis

AU - Elbæk, Christian T.

PY - 2023/10

Y1 - 2023/10

N2 - The model of ownership psychology as a cognitive adaptation proposes that people flexibly navigate cognitive systems of cooperation and competition, thus enabling them to justify unethical behavior. We discuss how this model captures previous accounts of unethical behavior and propose that a disengagement heuristic can help us understand recent findings in the interconnection between scarcity psychology and unethical behavior.

AB - The model of ownership psychology as a cognitive adaptation proposes that people flexibly navigate cognitive systems of cooperation and competition, thus enabling them to justify unethical behavior. We discuss how this model captures previous accounts of unethical behavior and propose that a disengagement heuristic can help us understand recent findings in the interconnection between scarcity psychology and unethical behavior.

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85174159112&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.1017/S0140525X23001401

DO - 10.1017/S0140525X23001401

M3 - Comment/debate/letter to the editor

C2 - 37813427

SN - 0140-525X

VL - 46

SP - e343

JO - Behavioral and Brain Sciences

JF - Behavioral and Brain Sciences

M1 - e343

ER -