From morality to rules to choices: introducing and testing a new theory on how morals influence cooperation

From morality to rules to choices: introducing and testing a new theory on how morals influence cooperation

This thesis presents a framework that I name the MRC framework, as its purpose is to capture how people go from Morality to Rules to Choices. I embed two theories, Blame Avoidance and Praise Seeking, within the MRC framework. The former states that subjects are impelled to avoid what they consider a...

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Main Author: Gavassa Pérez, Ernesto María
Format: Thesis (University of Nottingham only)
Language:English
Published: 2022
Subjects:
Altruism; Behavioural Economics; Common Interest Games; Cooperation; David Hume; Ethics; Inequality Aversion; Maximin; Moral Judgments; Morality; MRC framework; Other-regarding Preferences; Prosociality; Public Goods; Reciprocity; Social Dilemmas; Social Efficiency; Social Preferences; Spite; Spite Dilemma
Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/68972/

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