Moral judgments in social dilemmas: How bad is free riding?

被引:54
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作者
Cubitt, Robin P. [1 ]
Drouvelis, Michalis [2 ]
Gaechter, Simon [1 ]
Kabalin, Ruslan [3 ]
机构
[1] Univ Nottingham, Nottingham NG7 2RD, England
[2] Univ Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, W Midlands, England
[3] Univ Lancaster, Lancaster LA1 4YW, England
基金
英国经济与社会研究理事会;
关键词
Moral judgments; Moral psychology; Framing effects; Public goods experiments; Free riding; DISTRIBUTIVE JUSTICE; LOSS AVERSION; COLD-PRICKLE; PUBLIC-GOODS; WARM-GLOW; COOPERATION; PREFERENCES; PUNISHMENT; CHOICE; REDISTRIBUTION;
D O I
10.1016/j.jpubeco.2010.10.011
中图分类号
F [经济];
学科分类号
02 ;
摘要
In the last thirty years. economists and other social scientists have investigated people's normative views on distributive justice. Here we study people's normative views in social dilemmas, which underlie many situations of economic and social significance. Using insights from moral philosophy and psychology we provide an analysis of the morality of free riding. We use experimental survey methods to investigate people's moral judgments empirically. We vary others' contributions, the framing ("give-some" versus "take-some") and whether contributions are simultaneous or sequential. We find that moral judgments of a free rider depend strongly on others' behaviour: and that failing to give is condemned more strongly than withdrawing all support. (C) 2010 Elsevier BM. All rights reserved.
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页码:253 / 264
页数:12
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