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_aKaplow, Louis. _913962 |
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_aMoral Rules and the Moral Sentiments: _bToward a Theory of an Optimal Moral System / _cLouis Kaplow, Steven Shavell. |
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_aCambridge, Mass. _bNational Bureau of Economic Research _c2001. |
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_aNBER working paper series _vno. w8688 |
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| 500 | _aDecember 2001. | ||
| 520 | 3 | _aWe examine how moral sanctions and rewards, notably the moral sentiments involving feelings of guilt and virtue, would be employed to govern individuals' behavior if the objective were to maximize social welfare. In our model, we analyze how the optimal use of guilt and virtue is influenced by the nature of the behavior under consideration, the costs of inculcating moral rules, constraints on the capacity to experience guilt and virtue, the fact that guilt and virtue often must be applied to groups of acts rather than be tailored to every conceivable type of act, and the direct effect of feelings of guilt and virtue on individuals' utility. We also consider a number of ways that the model could be extended, discuss the extent to which our analysis is consistent with the observed use of guilt and virtue, and relate our conclusions to longstanding philosophical debates about morality. | |
| 530 | _aHardcopy version available to institutional subscribers | ||
| 538 | _aSystem requirements: Adobe [Acrobat] Reader required for PDF files. | ||
| 538 | _aMode of access: World Wide Web. | ||
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_aD11 - Consumer Economics: Theory _2Journal of Economic Literature class. |
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_aD62 - Externalities _2Journal of Economic Literature class. |
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_aShavell, Steven. _920629 |
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| 710 | 2 | _aNational Bureau of Economic Research. | |
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_aWorking Paper Series (National Bureau of Economic Research) _vno. w8688. |
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| 856 | 4 | 0 | _uhttps://www.nber.org/papers/w8688 |
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_yAcceso en línea al DOI _uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.3386/w8688 |
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