Also, strangers often voluntarily share equally in unexpected, unearned good and

bad fortune. And, as an obverse consequence of such “fair-sharing” conduct, much

reactive hostility occurs when fair-sharing is expected yet not provided.

 

It is interesting how the world’s slavery was pretty well abolished during the

last three centuries after being tolerated for a great many previous centuries

during which it coexisted with the world’s major religions. My guess is that

Kantian Fairness Tendency was a major contributor to this result.

 

Eight: Envy/Jealousy Tendency

 

A member of a species designed through evolutionary process to want often-scarce

food is going to be driven strongly toward getting food when it first sees food.

And this is going to occur often and tend to create some conflict when the food

is seen in the possession of another member of the same species. This is

probably the evolutionary origin of the envy/jealousy Tendency that lies so deep

in human nature.

 

Sibling jealousy is clearly very strong and usually greater in children than

adults. It is often stronger than jealousy directed at strangers. Kantian

Fairness Tendency probably contributes to this result.

 

Envy/jealousy is extreme in myth, religion, and literature wherein, in account

after account, it triggers hatred and injury. It was regarded as so pernicious