A veil of ignorance can promote fairness in a mammal society

Obscuring knowledge of personal gains from individuals can theoretically maintain fairness in a cooperative group. Experiments show that wild, cooperatively breeding banded mongooses uncertain of kinship allocate postnatal care in a way that reduces inequality among offspring, suggesting a classic i...

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Autores principales: H. H. Marshall, R. A. Johnstone, F. J. Thompson, H. J. Nichols, D. Wells, J. I. Hoffman, G. Kalema-Zikusoka, J. L. Sanderson, E. I. K. Vitikainen, J. D. Blount, M. A. Cant
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:99619083c4b1401cabc446a57d0fb5912021-12-02T17:45:09ZA veil of ignorance can promote fairness in a mammal society10.1038/s41467-021-23910-62041-1723https://doaj.org/article/99619083c4b1401cabc446a57d0fb5912021-06-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-23910-6https://doaj.org/toc/2041-1723Obscuring knowledge of personal gains from individuals can theoretically maintain fairness in a cooperative group. Experiments show that wild, cooperatively breeding banded mongooses uncertain of kinship allocate postnatal care in a way that reduces inequality among offspring, suggesting a classic idea of moral philosophy can apply in biological systems.H. H. MarshallR. A. JohnstoneF. J. ThompsonH. J. NicholsD. WellsJ. I. HoffmanG. Kalema-ZikusokaJ. L. SandersonE. I. K. VitikainenJ. D. BlountM. A. CantNature PortfolioarticleScienceQENNature Communications, Vol 12, Iss 1, Pp 1-8 (2021)
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H. H. Marshall
R. A. Johnstone
F. J. Thompson
H. J. Nichols
D. Wells
J. I. Hoffman
G. Kalema-Zikusoka
J. L. Sanderson
E. I. K. Vitikainen
J. D. Blount
M. A. Cant
A veil of ignorance can promote fairness in a mammal society
description Obscuring knowledge of personal gains from individuals can theoretically maintain fairness in a cooperative group. Experiments show that wild, cooperatively breeding banded mongooses uncertain of kinship allocate postnatal care in a way that reduces inequality among offspring, suggesting a classic idea of moral philosophy can apply in biological systems.
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author H. H. Marshall
R. A. Johnstone
F. J. Thompson
H. J. Nichols
D. Wells
J. I. Hoffman
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J. D. Blount
M. A. Cant
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J. D. Blount
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title A veil of ignorance can promote fairness in a mammal society
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