Culture & Religion — May 16, 2010

Egalitarian at Heart

Psychologists are finding humans have an innate tilt towards what they call “egalitarian motives” or “inequity aversion” — we’re all Robin Hoods at heart.

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Psychologists are finding humans have an innate tilt towards what they call “egalitarian motives” or “inequity aversion” — we’re all Robin Hoods at heart. James Fowler says research on our willingness to redistribute wealth shows that “not only are people willing to punish the rich, they’re willing to reward the poor.”

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