Effizienz oder Moral? Wirtschaft und Gerechtigkeit aus Sicht ökonomischer Laien

Fetchenhauer Detlef (), Dominik Enste and Köneke Vanessa
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Fetchenhauer Detlef: Universität zu Köln, Institut für Wirtschafts- und Sozialpsychologie, Herbert-Lewin- Str. 2, 50931 Köln, Tel: 0221-470-2252
Köneke Vanessa: Universität zu Köln, Institut für Wirtschafts- und Sozialpsychologie, Herbert-Lewin- Str. 2, 50931 Köln

Zeitschrift für Wirtschaftspolitik, 2010, vol. 59, issue 1, 48-61

Abstract: The present article investigates how economic experts and laypersons deal with issues of fairness in the economic area. Most economic experts follow an ethic that can be described as both, deductive and utilitarian. The ethical judgment of an economic system as a whole or a specific economic measure follows its economic consequences. Measures that increase economic wealth are also judged as fair. The putative motives of individuals or institutions are neglected. To the contrary, laypeople follow an ethic that is both, deontic and intuitive. Ethical judgments are heavily influenced by the motives of the acting individuals and institutions. Questions of efficiency are rather neglected. Laypeople tend to accept those measures which are perceived as fair. Using a number of empirical examples we show how these differences in moral reasoning can explain the huge gap between experts and laypeople in their acceptance of different economic policies.

Date: 2010
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