We propose and axiomatize a decision model of social preferences under risk that captures motivated reasoning in social assessments. Our model considers a setup with a decision maker (DM) and one other individual. It highlights how the presence of risk enables the DM to egoistically exploit the...

As is well-known, choices of a decision maker (DM) who attempts self-control in the face of temptation may exhibit menu effects and “non-standard” patterns. Existing models can accommodate some of these patterns but not others; e.g., they can explain self-control undermining menu effects,...