Rights, Co-operation and Welfare

Robert Sugden

Chapter 9 in The Economics of Rights, Co-operation and Welfare, 2005, pp 170-182 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract If my argument so far is right, a rule is likely to acquire moral force if it satisfies two conditions: 1 Everyone (or almost everyone) in the relevant community follows the rule. 2 If any individual follows the rule, it is in his interest that his opponents — that is, the people with whom he deals — follow it too. Any rule that is a convention necessarily satisfies a third condition: 3 Provided that his opponents follow the rule, it is in each individual’s interest to follow it.

Keywords: Social Welfare; Moral Judgement; Moral Belief; Moral Intuition; Spontaneous Order (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2005
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DOI: 10.1057/9780230536791_9

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