The heritability of moral standards for everyday dishonesty

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• 作者：Peter J. Loewen ; Christopher T. Dawes ; Nina Mazar ; Magnus Johannesson ; Philipp Koellinger ; Patrik K.E. Magnusson
• 关键词：Ethics ; Genetic ; Individual differences ; Heterogeneity ; Variation
• 刊名：Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization
• 出版年：2013
• 出版时间：September, 2013
• 年：2013
• 卷：93
• 期：Complete
• 页码：363-366
• 全文大小：408 K

文摘

Previous research on the acceptability of dishonest actions has focused on the role of social norms and internal reward mechanisms. Using a sample of over 2000 Swedish adult twins, this manuscript examines whether there exists another source that is driving differences in perceptions of the acceptability of dishonest actions: genetic variation. We find that much of the variation in perceptions of the acceptability of dishonest actions is attributable to genetic variation between individuals.