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From pleasure machines to moral communities : an evolutionary economics without homo economicus
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From pleasure machines to moral communities : an evolutionary economics without homo economicus

Author: Geoffrey Martin Hodgson
Publisher: Chicago ; London : University of Chicago Press, 2013.
Edition/Format:   Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Are humans at their core seekers of their own pleasure or cooperative members of society? Paradoxically, they are both. Pleasure-seeking can take place only within the context of what works within a defined community, and central to any community are the evolved codes and principles guiding appropriate behavior, or morality. The complex interaction of morality and self-interest is at the heart of Geoffrey M.  Read more...
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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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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  Read more...
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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 Read more...

 
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