Is the Just Man a Happy Man? An Empirical Study of the Relationship between Ethics and Subjective Well-Being
利用世界价值观调查数据，分析北美和南美四大经济体中伦理决策与幸福感的关系，发现不接受不道德行为的人幸福感更高，其效果与收入适度增加、已婚和参加教堂活动相当。
This paper uses data from the 2005–2006 wave of the World Values Survey to answer the question of whether ethical decision-making affects a person's happiness. Regression analyses focusing on the four largest economies in North and South America (the United States, Canada, Mexico and Brazil) reveal a generally positive relationship between ethics and happiness. In particular, respondents who do not justify unethical actions have higher reported well-being than those who are more accepting of such actions, after controlling for factors identified in the literature as important correlates of happiness and well-being. The effect of ethics on happiness is roughly similar to that of a modest increase in income, being married and attending church, while the effect is smaller than that of having poor health or being dissatisfied with one's personal finances.