Status Quo Bias, Rationality, and Conservatism about Value*
Status Quo Bias, Rationality, and Conservatism about Value*
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关于价值的现状偏见、理性和保守主义*
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2015
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Jacob M. Nebel
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作者：
Jacob M. Nebel
许多经济学家和哲学家认为现状偏见必然是非理性的。我认为，在某些情况下，现状偏见是完全理性的。我从偏好合理性的主观和客观理论中讨论了现状偏见的合理性。我认为主观理论不能合理地谴责这种偏见是非理性的。然后我讨论一种客观理论，该理论认为对现有有价值事物的保守偏见是合理的。这种解释可以有效地解释常识道德的一些令人信服的方面，并且可以证明现状偏见的合理性。
Many economists and philosophers assume that status quo bias is necessarily irrational. I argue that, in some cases, status quo bias is fully rational. I discuss the rationality of status quo bias on both subjective and objective theories of the rationality of preferences. I argue that subjective theories cannot plausibly condemn this bias as irrational. I then discuss one kind of objective theory, which holds that a conservative bias toward existing things of value is rational. This account can fruitfully explain some compelling aspects of common sense morality, and it may justify status quo bias.