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Evaluation 2 of "Ends versus Means: Kantians, Utilitarians, and Moral Decisions"

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  • Valerio Capraro

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I greatly appreciated theEnds vs Meanspaper, especially its effort to bring moral dilemmas into economics. I see two main limitations in the current version of the paper: (1) the Save a Life dilemma may mischaracterize Kant"s categorical imperative; (2) the finding of unstable deontological preferences may depend on the dilemmas used. I hope these issues will be resolved, as I think this paper has high potential.

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  • Valerio Capraro, 2025. "Evaluation 2 of "Ends versus Means: Kantians, Utilitarians, and Moral Decisions"," The Unjournal Evaluations 2025-52, The Unjournal.
    • Handle: RePEc:bjn:evalua:e2endsversusmeans
    DOI: 10.21428/d28e8e57.c873de57/e1bbadae
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    1. Laura Biziou-van-Pol & Jana Haenen & Arianna Novaro & Andrés Occhipinti & Valerio Capraro, 2015. "Does telling white lies signal pro-social preferences?," Judgment and Decision Making, Society for Judgment and Decision Making, vol. 10(6), pages 538-548, November.
    2. Valerio Capraro & Joseph Y. Halpern & Matjaž Perc, 2024. "From Outcome-Based to Language-Based Preferences," Journal of Economic Literature, American Economic Association, vol. 62(1), pages 115-154, March.
    3. Valerio Capraro & Jonathan Sippel & Bonan Zhao & Levin Hornischer & Morgan Savary & Zoi Terzopoulou & Pierre Faucher & Simone F Griffioen, 2018. "People making deontological judgments in the Trapdoor dilemma are perceived to be more prosocial in economic games than they actually are," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 13(10), pages 1-16, October.
    4. Biziou-van-Pol, Laura & Haenen, Jana & Novaro, Arianna & Occhipinti Liberman, Andrés & Capraro, Valerio, 2015. "Does telling white lies signal pro-social preferences?," Judgment and Decision Making, Cambridge University Press, vol. 10(6), pages 538-548, November.
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