Humans are not naturally egalitarian.

Authors

Robin Hanson

Published in

The Behavioral and brain sciences. Volume 49. Pages e431. Oct 02, 2026. Epub Oct 02, 2026.

Abstract

Humans have no general egalitarian moral norm. Ancient humans varyingly adopted eight practices, each of which tended to cut a few kinds of inequality. But individuals did not do these mainly to cut inequality, and the recent fading of such practices suggests that they are no longer as adaptive as they once were.

PMID:
42825726
Bibliographic data and abstract were imported from PubMed on 02 Oct 2026.

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