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Home | Events Archive | People are More Moral in Uncertain Environments
Seminar

People are More Moral in Uncertain Environments


  • Series
    Micro Seminars
  • Speaker(s)
    ​Songfa Zhong (National University of Singapore, Singapore; Hong Kong University of Science and Technology)
  • Field
    Organizations and Markets
  • Location
    Erasmus University Rotterdam, Campus Woudestein, room T3-14
    Rotterdam
  • Date and time

    June 14, 2024
    15:30 - 16:45

Abstract

This paper documents a behavioral pattern that people behave more morally in uncertain environments than degenerate deterministic environments. Through a series of experiments, we show that this pattern is robust and generalizable. The overall findings are incompatible with standard models that respect dominance and can be partially explained by the complexity aspect of uncertainty. We further discuss a mechanism whereby people act morally as if their moral behavior can help them obtain a better outcome as the result of uncertainty.