Mortality, moral regulation, and (im)moral entrepreneurship in <i>My Favorite Murder</i>

Disposition development in drama: the role of moral, immoral and ambiguously moral characters

Understanding what drives narrative appeal is a major focus of entertainment research. Disposition theory proposes that appeal is a function of the dispositions viewers hold towards characters, which are in turn driven by viewer perceptions of character morality and outcomes experienced by characters. However, the manner in which dispositions change overtime has not been extensively researched....

Progressive Taxation , Moral Hazard , and Entrepreneurship

This paper considers the general equilibrium and welfare effects of a linear progressive income tax with entrepreneurship and moral hazard. A competitive intermediation sector diversifies risk associated with entrepreneurial activity, but full risk consolidation is prevented by moral hazard. Since effort is not observable, risk bearing of entrepreneurs is required for incentive reasons. The ext...

Moral Rationalization and the Integration of Situational Factors and Psychological Processes in Immoral Behavior

Moral rationalization is an individual’s ability to reinterpret his or her immoral actions as, in fact, moral. It arises out of a conflict of motivations and a need to see the self as moral. This article presents a model of evil behavior demonstrating how situational factors that obscure moral relevance can interact with moral rationalization and lead to a violation of moral principles. Concept...

Risk-Bearing, Entrepreneurship and the Theory of Moral Hazard∗

The theory of moral hazard distinguishes two fundamental tradeoffs, one between risk sharing and incentives, and the other between surplus extraction and incentives. This paper isolates the former tradeoff and uses it to examine the “Knightian” theory of entrepreneurship, in which entrepreneurs provide insurance to workers by paying fixed wages, and profits are the residual from risk bearing. E...

Difficult moral questions: may a physician remain in a group that provides immoral services?