Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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7244227 | Journal of Economic Psychology | 2016 | 9 Pages |
Abstract
Using data from a large representative US sample (NÂ =Â 1519), we compare hypothetical moral fairness values from the Moral Foundations Sacredness Scale with actual fairness behavior in an incentivized dictator game with either low or high stakes. We find that people with high moral fairness values fail to live up to their high fairness standards, when stake size increases. This violates principles from consistency theories according to which moral values are supposedly aligned with moral behavior, but is in line with temptation theories that question the absoluteness of morality values.
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Authors
Uta K. Schier, Axel Ockenfels, Wilhelm Hofmann,