Norms and norm change - driven by social Kantian preferences

Ingela Alger
Authors registered in the RePEc Author Service: Peter Bayer

No 24-1605, TSE Working Papers from Toulouse School of Economics (TSE)

Abstract: Norms indicate which behaviors are common and/or considered morally right. They may differ across space and time. I show that social-Kantian preferences can explain this. These preferences incorporate two hitherto neglected factors: Kantian moral concerns – which drive personal moral norms and motivate unconditional following thereof – and attitudes towards making a different material sacrifice than others –which motivate conditioning own on others’ behavior. Conditions on preference and belief distributions promoting/hampering spontaneous changes in the behavioral norm (the modal behavior) are identified. Implications for policy interventions aimed at changing norms, and key differences with commonly used models are discussed.

Keywords: social-Kantian preferences; personal moral norms; behavioral norms; social; norms; conditional cooperation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024-12, Revised 2025-08
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