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Individual identity and freedom of choice in the context of environmental and economic conditions

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 August 2013

Roy F. Baumeister ,
Jina Park  and
Sarah E. Ainsworth
Roy F. Baumeister
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32306-4301. [email protected]://www.psy.fsu.edu/~baumeistertice/[email protected]://www.psy.fsu.edu/~ehrlingerlab/Park/[email protected]://www.psy.fsu.edu/~baumeistertice/ainsworth.html
Jina Park
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32306-4301. [email protected]://www.psy.fsu.edu/~baumeistertice/[email protected]://www.psy.fsu.edu/~ehrlingerlab/Park/[email protected]://www.psy.fsu.edu/~baumeistertice/ainsworth.html
Sarah E. Ainsworth
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32306-4301. [email protected]://www.psy.fsu.edu/~baumeistertice/[email protected]://www.psy.fsu.edu/~ehrlingerlab/Park/[email protected]://www.psy.fsu.edu/~baumeistertice/ainsworth.html
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Abstract

Van de Vliert's findings fit nicely with our recent arguments implying that (1) differentiated selfhood is partly motivated by requirements of cultural groups, and (2) free will mainly exists within culture. Some cultural groups promote individual freedom, whereas others constrict it so as to maintain elites' power and privilege. Thus, freedom is, to a great extent, a creation of culture.

Type
Open Peer Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 36 , Issue 5 , October 2013 , pp. 484
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2013 

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