This paper gives an overview of the recent literature on theoretical analysis of morally motivated public actions. It presumes that individuals have not only their subjective and self-interested preferences on consumption spaces, but also morally motivated preferences based on some intrinsic value judgments. Given such a setting, the paper examines some pioneer works on how the existence of individuals with moral motivation has effects on economic resource allocations in the context of free-riding problems in public service provisions, moral hazard problems in private ownership versus public ownership, Corporate Social Responsibility, etc.
