Putting Bambi in the firing line: Applying moral philosophy to environmental and economic attitudes to deer culling

Michael Brock
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Michael Brock: University of East Anglia

No 15-06, Working Paper series, University of East Anglia, Centre for Behavioural and Experimental Social Science (CBESS) from School of Economics, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK.

Abstract: This study elicits the values associated with deer-culling and forest management in the UK using choice experiments. Whilst intentions- based choice theories provide improved predictions relative to standard economic models, these still fail to fully capture people's true decision-making. These results suggest an importance to appreciating procedure, consequence and ethics in order to derive realistic conjectures over our preferences for actions which involve moral or 'sacred' values. This work also emphasises the necessity to consider context-specifics when investigating ethically contentious topics. Under an environmental setting, we explore how 'nature connectivity' (or engagement with the natural world) may influence how easily we can achieve sustainable ecological or economic objectives.

Keywords: intentions; doctrine of double effect; choice experiment; nature connectivity; local wildlife valuation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C35 D63 D71 H42 Q26 Q57 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015-04
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