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Equality over intentionality: The normative social preferences of neutral third-parties.
- Source :
- PLoS ONE; 11/14/2018, Vol. 13 Issue 11, p1-13, 13p
- Publication Year :
- 2018
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Abstract
- This paper studies whether intentionality is more prevalent than fairness in social preferences. We do this by introducing a new three-player game in which the choices of neutral third-party arbiters are isolated from any monetary or strategic concerns. This allows us to study the normative preferences of subjects, and to compare the relative weight they give to intentions and inequality. The results show that arbiters are mainly concerned with inequality, while other’s (selfish) intentions seem to play a minor role in their preferences. This result is robust to a series of experimental designs, suggesting that the role of intentions in social preferences might be smaller than implied by the previous literature. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- EQUALITY
LIKES & dislikes
HUMAN behavior
GIFT giving
CULTURE
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 19326203
- Volume :
- 13
- Issue :
- 11
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- PLoS ONE
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 133002247
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0205240