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Rights, Co-operation and Welfare

In: The Economics of Rights, Co-operation and Welfare

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  • Robert Sugden

    (University of East Anglia)

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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.

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  • Robert Sugden, 2005. "Rights, Co-operation and Welfare," Palgrave Macmillan Books, in: The Economics of Rights, Co-operation and Welfare, chapter 9, pages 170-182, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:palchp:978-0-230-53679-1_9
    DOI: 10.1057/9780230536791_9
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    1. Nicola Campigotto, 2021. "Pairwise imitation and evolution of the social contract," Journal of Evolutionary Economics, Springer, vol. 31(4), pages 1333-1354, September.
    2. Tom Lane & Daniele Nosenzo & Silvia Sonderegger, 2023. "Law and Norms: Empirical Evidence," American Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 113(5), pages 1255-1293, May.
    3. Robert Sugden, 2008. "Is there a distinction between morality and convention?," Working Paper series, University of East Anglia, Centre for Behavioural and Experimental Social Science (CBESS) 08-01, School of Economics, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK..
    4. Erik W. Matson & Daniel B. Klein, 2022. "Convention without convening," Constitutional Political Economy, Springer, vol. 33(1), pages 1-24, March.
    5. James Burridge & Yu Gao & Yong Mao, 2017. "Delayed response in the Hawk Dove game," The European Physical Journal B: Condensed Matter and Complex Systems, Springer;EDP Sciences, vol. 90(1), pages 1-6, January.
    6. Zachary Garfield & Ryan Schacht & Emily Post & Dominique Ingram & Andrea Uehling & Shane Macfarlan, 2021. "The content and structure of reputation domains across human societies: a view from the evolutionary social sciences," Post-Print hal-03368986, HAL.
    7. Jelle De Boer, 2017. "Social Preferences and Context Sensitivity," Games, MDPI, vol. 8(4), pages 1-15, October.
    8. Minnameier, Gerhard & Bonowski, Tim Jonas, 2021. "Morality and Trust in Impersonal Relationships," VfS Annual Conference 2021 (Virtual Conference): Climate Economics 242438, Verein für Socialpolitik / German Economic Association.

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