The social contract approach to the study if institutions aims at providing a solution to the problem of compliance with rational agreements in situations characterized by a conflict between individual rationality and social optimality. After a short discussion of some attempts to deal with this problem from a rational choice perspective, we focus on John Rawls's idea of 'sense of justice' and its application to the explanation of the stability of a well-ordered society. We show how the relevant features of Rawls's theory can be captured by a behavioral game theory model of beliefs-dependent dispositions to comply, and we present the results of two experimental studies that provide support to the theory. © Lucius & Lucius, Stuttgart.
Sacconi, L., Faillo, M., Ottone, S. (2011). Contractarian Compliance and the "Sense of Justice": A Behavioral Conformity Model and Its Experimental Support. ANALYSE & KRITIK, 33(1), 273-310 [10.1515/auk-2011-0120].
Contractarian Compliance and the "Sense of Justice": A Behavioral Conformity Model and Its Experimental Support
OTTONE, STEFANIA
2011
Abstract
The social contract approach to the study if institutions aims at providing a solution to the problem of compliance with rational agreements in situations characterized by a conflict between individual rationality and social optimality. After a short discussion of some attempts to deal with this problem from a rational choice perspective, we focus on John Rawls's idea of 'sense of justice' and its application to the explanation of the stability of a well-ordered society. We show how the relevant features of Rawls's theory can be captured by a behavioral game theory model of beliefs-dependent dispositions to comply, and we present the results of two experimental studies that provide support to the theory. © Lucius & Lucius, Stuttgart.
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