Duty-based moral systems enforce asymmetric, non-proportional exchange favoring the powerful.

Evidence

One implication of a duty-based system is that give-and-take, contrary to Baumard et al.’s suggestion, is not proportional. Often, transactions transpire such that one side gives disproportionately more to the other, usually more powerful, side (Moghaddam et al. 2000). Feudal systems or other explicitly hierarchical social systems are a good example of asymmetric exchange (Anderson 1974). … In one study, for example, Miller and Bersoff (1992) showed that Indian participants, thought to hold duty-based moral codes, believed it was morally obligatory to deliver a friend’s wedding ring, even if it meant risking jail time by stealing the necessary resources to do so. — Nicolas Baumard, A mutualistic approach to morality, 553

Categorization

• ADDENDUM: Directly relevant to the reader’s analysis of Japanese authority figures using fumi-e/public apostasy to enforce asymmetric subordination: duty-based codes require subjects to give disproportionately to the more powerful side, matching how apostasy rituals compel one-sided deference.
• XREF: connects to: Duty-based moralities subordinate the individual to maintenance of social norms. — Nicolas Baumard, A mutualistic approach to morality: The…, 553; Duty-based moral cultures suppress cost-sensitivity in prosocial decisions. — Nicolas Baumard, A mutualistic approach to morality: The…, 558; Fairness distributions reflect bargaining power, not just effort. — Nicolas Baumard, A mutualistic approach to morality: The…, 443 (+5 more)

Related

• Duty-based moralities subordinate the individual to maintenance of social norms. (similarity 0.83)
• Duty-based moral cultures suppress cost-sensitivity in prosocial decisions. (similarity 0.81)
• Duty-based morality may predate and underlie rights-based morality. (similarity 0.80)
• Moral obligation to help scales with recipient benefit relative to actor cost. (similarity 0.80)

Broader Connections

• Duty-based moral cultures suppress cost-sensitivity in prosocial decisions. #expands (0.90) — Nicolas Baumard, A mutualistic approach to morality, 558
• Duty-based moralities subordinate the individual to maintenance of social norms. #qualifies (0.88) — Nicolas Baumard, A mutualistic approach to morality, 553
• Morality evolved as a propensity for fair cost-benefit sharing among cooperators. #contradicts (0.80) — Nicolas Baumard, A mutualistic approach to morality, 266
• Coercive government power depends on voluntary cooperation from many #complicates (0.78)
• Fairness distributions reflect bargaining power, not just effort. #complicates (0.75) — Nicolas Baumard, A mutualistic approach to morality, 443