NGECON lädt ein zum Vortrag von Nora Szech (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology) [11.07.18]
Unter dem Namen Next Generation Economics (NGECON) haben sich Post-Docs der Universitäten Hohenheim und Tübingen zusammengeschlossen. Im Mittelpunkt steht der fachliche Austausch miteinander und im Rahmen einer Seminarreihe mit hochrangigen Gästen. Der nächste Vortragstermin in Hohenheim ist am Donnerstag, 12.07.2018, 16:00 Uhr, Gebhard-Müller-Saal, Universität Tübingen:
Nora Szech (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology) presents "A Little Good is Good Enough: Ethical Consumption, Cheap Excuses, and Moral Self-Licensing" (joint with Jannis Engel)
Abstract: This paper explores the role of cheap excuses in product choice. If a product improves upon one ethically relevant dimension, agents may care less about other independent ethical facets of the product. Opting for a product that fulfills one ethical aspect may thus suffice for keeping a high moral self-image in agents, and render it easier to ignore other ethically relevant aspects they would otherwise care about. The use of such cheap excuses could thus lead to a ‘static moral self-licensing’ effect. This would extend the logic of the well-known moral self-licensing over time. Our experimental study provides empirical evidence that the static counterpart of moral self-licensing exists. Furthermore, effects spill over to unrelated, ethically relevant contexts later in time. Thus, static moral self-licensing and moral self-licensing over time can amplify each other. Outsiders, though monetarily incentivized for correct estimates, are completely oblivious to the effects of moral self- licensing, both, static and over time.
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CV and more on Nora Szech's website polit.econ.kit.edu/21_53.php
