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Empirical research on ethical preferences: how popular is prioritarianism?

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We survey the empirical literature on ethical preferences, covering both survey studies and incentivized laboratory experiments. Crucial axioms such as the Pigou-Dalton transfer principle are not accepted by a large fraction of the subjects. Moreover, in formulating their distributive preferences subjects attach much importance to the sources of income differences. Their preferences behind a veil of ignorance do not coincide with their preferences in the position of a social planner. These results suggest that prioritarian policy proposals will not necessarily be supported by a majority of the population. Although the majority opinion does not necessarily reflect the ethically desirable perspective, the empirical results still raise some interesting normative challenges.
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halshs-03110312, version 1 (14-01-2021)

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Erik Schokkaert, Benoît Tarroux. Empirical research on ethical preferences: how popular is prioritarianism?. 2021. ⟨halshs-03110312⟩
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