@techreport{Uhl2010self,
abstract = {Weak paternalism commits prot\'{e}g\'{e}s to their own plans. This experiment addresses the question of whether prot\'{e}g\'{e}s judge weakly paternalistic acts primarily by means of their consequences or on principle grounds. Subjects receive a reward for showing up to the laboratory early the next morning which decreases in time. Prot\'{e}g\'{e}s can either self-commit to a planned time or self-liberate by preserving spontaneity. By making this binary choice prot\'{e}g\'{e}s express their preference regarding liberty. Simultaneously, another subject is either paternalistic or liberal by making an analogous choice for them. We analyze prot\'{e}g\'{e}s' attitudes toward both policy styles via costly reward choices. If only consequences matter, self-committers should appreciate paternalism while self-liberators should condemn it. A deontological aversion against paternalism would negate a difference between both groups. Differing judgments constitute a consequentialist pattern. However, this pattern is driven by self-liberators' clear judgments. For self-committers also a norm of non-interference into others' liberty can be identified.},
address = {Jena},
author = {Matthias Uhl},
copyright = {http://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungen},
keywords = {D03; D63; I31; 330; self-commitment; weak paternalism; freedom of choice; agency; moral judgments; Soziale Beziehungen; Selbstverpflichtung; Pers\"{o}nlichkeitspsychologie; Prinzipal-Agent-Theorie; Test},
language = {eng},
number = {2010,055},
publisher = {Univ. [u.a.]},
title = {Do self-committers mind commitment by others? An experiment on weak paternalism},
type = {Jena economic research papers},
url = {http://hdl.handle.net/10419/56847},
year = {2010}
}
