THE ILLUSION OF MORALITY AS SELF-INTEREST:. A Reason to Cooperate in Social Dilemmas

@article{citeulike:820140, abstract = {Abstract- One reason for people's voluntary cooperation in social dilemmas, or altruistic behavior in general, may be their belief that altruism pays off in terms of long-run self-interest. Although this is often true, it is typically false in large-scale social dilemmas among strangers. In three questionnaire studies, subjects endorsed this self-interest illusion frequently for large-scale dilemmas, such as over-fishing and pollution, in which the benefits of cooperation are delayed.}, author = {Baron, Jonathan }, citeulike-article-id = {820140}, doi = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9280.1997.tb00448.x}, journal = {Psychological Science}, keywords = {collective-action, qt}, number = {4}, pages = {330--335}, posted-at = {2006-08-28 21:03:24}, priority = {0}, title = {THE ILLUSION OF MORALITY AS SELF-INTEREST:. A Reason to Cooperate in Social Dilemmas}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9280.1997.tb00448.x}, volume = {8}, year = {1997} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:820140 L3 - citeulike-article-id:820140 N2 - Abstract- One reason for people's voluntary cooperation in social dilemmas, or altruistic behavior in general, may be their belief that altruism pays off in terms of long-run self-interest. Although this is often true, it is typically false in large-scale social dilemmas among strangers. In three questionnaire studies, subjects endorsed this self-interest illusion frequently for large-scale dilemmas, such as over-fishing and pollution, in which the benefits of cooperation are delayed. IS - 4 JF - Psychological Science EP - 335 TI - THE ILLUSION OF MORALITY AS SELF-INTEREST:. A Reason to Cooperate in Social Dilemmas VL - 8 SP - 330 KW - collective-action KW - qt AU - Baron, Jonathan PY - 1997/// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9280.1997.tb00448.x ER -