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Category Archives: Law
Bans and obligations: a last resort?
(featured image collage with work by LtapsaH/Pixabay) The law can be an important, but often overlooked, factor in our day-to-day choices. But how effective are legal bans and obligations really? A decision whether or not to do something is almost … Continue reading
Dancing on a tightrope
(featured image via DALL·E) Decision making requires a fine balance between emotion and reason – nowhere more so than in matters of justice To make decisions – picking an option among two or more possibilities (sometimes a binary choice between … Continue reading
Posted in Behavioural economics, Emotions, Law, Psychology, Society
Tagged Decision-making
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What we punish and why
(featured image: Alexas_fotos/Pixabay) We punish wrongdoing, but do we do so consistently? Exactly what we punish and why is not so straightforward When British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak took office late in 2022, he pledged, “This government will have integrity, … Continue reading
There is more to behaviour than behaviour
(Featured image: Tobi Gaulke/Flicker CC BY NC ND 2.0) Pretty much all our problems are behavioural…but does that mean the solutions are? Could it be that very problem humans face, individually or collectively, is a behavioural problem? It sounds a … Continue reading
Posted in Behavioural economics, Cognitive biases and fallacies, Economics, Emotions, Ethics, Law, Psychology, Society
Tagged behavioural change
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Technicalities and voluntary morals
(credit: Elliot Brown CC BY) Is what is technically right also morally right? Maybe I should have studied law instead of engineering. One day when I was eight, my best friend and I were chatting in class when we shouldn’t, … Continue reading
Posted in Behavioural economics, Ethics, Law, Morality, Psychology, Society
Tagged Beckham, principles, Traffic
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Rules vs instincts
(featured image credit: Gary J. Wood) Economic and social forces condition our behaviour in traffic – and not always for the best “Get out of my way!” If you’re a driver, this phrase has probably crossed your lips (and if not … Continue reading
Posted in Behavioural economics, Economics, Emotions, Law, Morality, Psychology, Society
Tagged Social norms, Traffic
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Honest meat at a low price for everyone?
(featured image credit: Ann1992) Every benefit has a cost, and this is often borne by those who are least able to bear it Recently my native country was mired in yet another food related scandal. Meat had been repackaged and relabelled … Continue reading
Organ donation in da nation
(featured image: Engin_Aykurt) Enough with the nudging already – why not simply pay people to donate their organs? One of my earliest childhood memories is hearing on the radio about an operation performed by Dr Christiaan Barnard at the Groote Schuur … Continue reading
Posted in Behavioural economics, Cognitive biases and fallacies, Economics, Ethics, Law, Morality, Psychology
Tagged Organ donation, Transplants
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Uber’s shades of grey
(Featured image credit: 5chw4r7z/Flickr) Their logo may be black and white, but our thinking about Uber should not be Last week, an Employment Tribunal in London ruled that Uber drivers should not be treated as self-employed, but as workers, by … Continue reading
(Weak) point of law
Calls for new or stricter legislation are often based on a misunderstanding of how people’s behaviour is really influenced One of the interesting side effects of being a citizen of one country and living in another one is that it … Continue reading
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