{ "id": "version:problem-proximity-and-obligation-v1", "recordId": "problem:proximity-and-obligation", "version": 1, "previousId": null, "adapterVersion": "research-content-v1", "subject": { "type": "entry", "collection": "problems", "frontmatter": { "title": "Proximity and Obligation", "number": 18, "statement": "How should distance weigh in giving, and what do givers choose when they see honest comparisons?", "progress": "Experimental evidence on how givers allocate with and without comparisons, alongside a clear account of the moral positions.", "conditions": [ { "collection": "conditions", "id": "proximity-pull" } ], "bounty": "Unfunded. The Question Bounties program will attach prizes once it is funded.", "sources": [] }, "body": "\n## Why it matters\n\nThe [Proximity Pull](/diagnosis/proximity-pull/) is partly a moral question and partly an information gap. The information gap can be closed, and then we can see what people choose.\n\n## Where to start\n\nA scoped survey experiment could test how comparisons across distance affect choices, with its cost and limits stated. The moral side is mapped in the [Disagreement Register](/record/disagreements/).\n" }, "subjectHash": "9cc43abf5a4e1b3eb75d6661951b1e87c24c8add90b1a5267538b10b7d7b1e86", "authorship": { "state": "unknown", "complete": false, "actorIds": [], "refs": [] }, "sources": [ { "sourceId": "source:current-problems-proximity-and-obligation", "selector": { "kind": "entry" } } ], "hash": "9a108ac483faf3420bae567175b03e5acbb12983658e119dfe8b227ad07713f3" }