Do you keep your promise because you want to keep it, or you just want to do what you have promised?

Li, Jingwei (2024) Do you keep your promise because you want to keep it, or you just want to do what you have promised? MRes thesis, University of Nottingham.

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Abstract

We keep our promises. However, the reason behind it remains unresolved. We try to explore the two dominant underlying motivations of it (EBE and CBE) using a novel experimental design. In addition, we compare the moral costs of violating different types of promise and separate self-selection effects in people’s promise-keeping behavior.

Item Type: Thesis (University of Nottingham only) (MRes)
Supervisors: Montero, Maria
Cubitt, Robin
Keywords: Expectation-based explanation; Commitment-based explanation; promise-keeping behavior
Subjects: B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology
H Social sciences > HB Economic theory
Faculties/Schools: UK Campuses > Faculty of Social Sciences, Law and Education > School of Economics
Item ID: 79492
Depositing User: Li, Jingwei
Date Deposited: 12 Dec 2024 04:40
Last Modified: 12 Dec 2024 04:40
URI: https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/id/eprint/79492

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