Don’t Always Prefer My Chosen Objects: Low Level of Trait Autonomy and Autonomy Deprivation Decreases Mere Choice Effect

Don’t Always Prefer My Chosen Objects: Low Level of Trait Autonomy and Autonomy Deprivation Decreases Mere Choice Effect

Choice effect is a robust phenomenon in which even "mere choice" that does not include actual choosing actions could result in more preference for the self-chosen objects over other-chosen objects. In the current research, we proposed that autonomy would impact the mere choice effect. We conducted two studies to examine the hypothesis. The results showed that the mere choice effect measured by ...

Choice: The Key for Autonomy

Agents must decide, i.e., choose a preferred option from among a large set of alternatives, according to the precise context where they are immersed. Such a capability defines to what extent they are autonomous. But, there is no one way of deciding, and the classical mode of taking utility functions as the sole support is not adequate for situations constrained by qualitative features (such as ...

Education, autonomy to prefer and the dynamics of family decisions

A growing body of empirical literature shows that there is a negative relationship between a person’s educational achievements and her fertility decisions. Caution should be exercised before assuming that these results are due to the negative impact of education on the preference for child quantity. The relationship is much less straightforward. Becker[5], [6] and Becker and Lewis[7] convincing...

Abortion: When Choice and Autonomy Conflict

Whose autonomy? Which choice? A study of GPs' attitudes towards patient autonomy in the management of low back pain.

BACKGROUND Respect for patient autonomy is an important ethical principle for medical practitioners; however, previous investigators have reported inconsistent attitudes amongst practitioners towards respect for patient autonomy. This study in empirical ethics used qualitative methods to investigate GPs' attitudes towards respect for patient autonomy in consultations for low back pain. OBJECT...