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Four frames and a funeral: Commentary on Bermúdez (2022)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 October 2022

Carsten K. W. De Dreu Open the ORCID record for Carsten K. W. De Dreu [Opens in a new window]
Carsten K. W. De Dreu*
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Leiden University, Leiden, Netherlands c.k.w.de.dreu@fsw.leidenuniv.nl University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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Abstract

There is much to like in Bermúdez's analysis, yet it is incomplete and at times problematic for social decision making and, by extension, interpersonal conflict. Here I explain how four frames – gains, losses, me, we – operate in conjunction and how humans gravitate toward a “me–loss” frame that, without intervention, leads to a breakdown of cooperation and an arguably tragic funeral of the commons.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 45 , 2022 , e225
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Copyright © The Author(s), 2022. Published by Cambridge University Press

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