People prefer joint outcome prosocial resource distribution towards future others

Abstract Today, developing and maintaining sustainable societies is becoming a notable social concern, and studies on altruism and prosociality toward future generations are increasing in importance. Although altruistic behaviors toward future generations have previously been observed in some experi...

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Autores principales:	Yukako Inoue, Toshiyuki Himichi, Nobuhiro Mifune, Tatsuyoshi Saijo
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Publicado:	Nature Portfolio 2021
Materias:	Medicine R Science Q
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:e081ab6efa434578aec95d45d20f562b2021-12-02T13:20:03ZPeople prefer joint outcome prosocial resource distribution towards future others10.1038/s41598-021-84796-42045-2322https://doaj.org/article/e081ab6efa434578aec95d45d20f562b2021-03-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-84796-4https://doaj.org/toc/2045-2322Abstract Today, developing and maintaining sustainable societies is becoming a notable social concern, and studies on altruism and prosociality toward future generations are increasing in importance. Although altruistic behaviors toward future generations have previously been observed in some experimental situations, it remains unknown whether prosocial preferences toward future others are based on equality or joint outcome orientations. In the present research, we exploratorily investigated preferences regarding resource distribution by manipulating the time points (i.e., present/future) of the participants and their imaginary partners. The results indicate that prosocial preference toward future others was as strong as that toward present others and seemed to be based on a joint outcome prosocial preference. Notably, when participants and their partners were at different time points, participants preferred to leave resources for the persons in the future. The findings indicate that the type of altruistic preference toward future others may differ from that toward present others, which is mainly equality.Yukako InoueToshiyuki HimichiNobuhiro MifuneTatsuyoshi SaijoNature PortfolioarticleMedicineRScienceQENScientific Reports, Vol 11, Iss 1, Pp 1-10 (2021)
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description	Abstract Today, developing and maintaining sustainable societies is becoming a notable social concern, and studies on altruism and prosociality toward future generations are increasing in importance. Although altruistic behaviors toward future generations have previously been observed in some experimental situations, it remains unknown whether prosocial preferences toward future others are based on equality or joint outcome orientations. In the present research, we exploratorily investigated preferences regarding resource distribution by manipulating the time points (i.e., present/future) of the participants and their imaginary partners. The results indicate that prosocial preference toward future others was as strong as that toward present others and seemed to be based on a joint outcome prosocial preference. Notably, when participants and their partners were at different time points, participants preferred to leave resources for the persons in the future. The findings indicate that the type of altruistic preference toward future others may differ from that toward present others, which is mainly equality.
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author	Yukako Inoue Toshiyuki Himichi Nobuhiro Mifune Tatsuyoshi Saijo
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title	People prefer joint outcome prosocial resource distribution towards future others
title_short	People prefer joint outcome prosocial resource distribution towards future others
title_full	People prefer joint outcome prosocial resource distribution towards future others
title_fullStr	People prefer joint outcome prosocial resource distribution towards future others
title_full_unstemmed	People prefer joint outcome prosocial resource distribution towards future others
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publisher	Nature Portfolio
publishDate	2021
url	https://doaj.org/article/e081ab6efa434578aec95d45d20f562b
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People prefer joint outcome prosocial resource distribution towards future others

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