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

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.