According to the adaptive rationality standard, one reason people might rationally choose to have preferences that are not narrowly self-interested is that:

A. they have no other choice.
B. doing so could help them solve commitment problems.
C. even rational people sometimes make irrational choices.
D. they do not know how to act in their own self-interest.


Answer: B

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