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What Ethics Can Learn From Experimental Economics – If Anything
- Autor(in)
- Erschienen
- 12. August 2008
- Nummer des Discussion-Papers
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2008-062
- Schlagwort(e)
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Experimental Economics
Meta-Ethics
Reflective Equilibrium
- Zusammenfsg.
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Relying on the specific example of ultimatum bargaining experiments this paper explores the possible role of empirical knowledge of behavioural “norm(ative) facts” within the search for an inter-personal (W)RE – (Wide) Reflective Equilibrium on normative issues. Assuming that pro-social behaviour “reveals” ethical orientations, it is argued that these “norm-facts” can and should be used along with stated preferences in justificatory arguments of normative ethics and economics of the “means to given ends” variety.
- article pub. typess JER
- Research article
- article languages JER
- Englisch
- article research fields JER
- economics
- JEL-Classification for JER
- D63 - Equity, Justice, Inequality, and Other Normative Criteria and Measurement ; D64 - Altruism ; D7 - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making; K00 - General ; Z13 - Economic Sociology; Economic Anthropology