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The “appropriate” response to deprivation: Evolutionary and ethical dimensions

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 November 2017

Christopher Lewis  and
David M. G. Lewis
Christopher Lewis
Affiliation:
Stanford Law School and Department of Philosophy, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305. cpkl@stanford.edu www.christopherlewis.org
David M. G. Lewis
Affiliation:
School of Psychology and Exercise Science, Murdoch University, Perth, Western Australia 6011. d.lewis@murdoch.edu.au www.davidmglewis.com
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Abstract

Pepper & Nettle use an evolutionary framework to argue that “temporal discounting” is an appropriate response to low socioeconomic status (SES), or deprivation. We suggest some conceptual refinements to their “appropriate-response” perspective, with the hope that it usefully informs future research on and public policy responses to the relationship between deprivation and temporal discounting.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 40 , 2017 , e332
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2017 

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