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| Document Type: | Book |
|---|---|
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Geoffrey Martin Hodgson |
| ISBN: | 9780226922713 0226922715 |
| OCLC Number: | 781279005 |
| Description: | xvi, 305 pages ; 24 cm |
| Contents: | Introduction : economic man and beyond -- Meanings of methodological individualism -- Rationality and cooperation -- The nature of morality -- The evolution of morality -- Morality and cooperation in business -- The economics of corruption and the corruption of economics -- Human needs and moral motivations in health economics -- From utilitarianism to evolution in ecological economics -- Toward an evolutionary and institutional approach to policy. |
| Responsibility: | Geoffrey M. Hodgson. |
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Abstract:
Are humans at their core seekers of their own pleasure or cooperative members of society? Paradoxically, they are both. This title focuses on the evolution of morality, its meaning, why it came about, and how it influences human attitudes and behavior.
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"In his bold and thought-provoking new book, Geoffrey M. Hodgson exposes the deficiencies in 'methodological individualism' and shows how the neoclassical model of human nature is a crude caricature when it comes to dealing with the emergent dynamics of collective phenomena. In doing so, he provides much-needed clarification for an often muddy economic debate." (Peter Corning, Institute for the Study of Complex Systems and the author of The Fair Society)" Read more...
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