When Disadvantage Is an Advantage: Benevolent Partiality in Consumer Donations

• In Event: 3.3 Factors Influencing Charitable Giving

Short Abstract

A sizable number of donors value saving the lives of members of disadvantaged groups more than what disadvantage implies from a utilitarian impartiality standpoint. Benevolent partiality is decreased when donors reflect on how they should donate beforehand, when disadvantage is self-determined, and when donors are more approving of instrumental harm.

Authors

• Gabriele Paolacci, Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands

• Gizem Yalcin, Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands