Moral Sentiments And Material Interests: The Foundations Of Cooperation In Economic Life (economic Learning And Social Evolution)
by Samuel Bowles /
2005 / English / PDF
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Moral Sentiments and Material Interests presents an innovative
synthesis of research in different disciplines to argue that
cooperation stems not from the stereotypical selfish agent acting
out of disguised self-interest but from the presence of "strong
reciprocators" in a social group.
Moral Sentiments and Material Interests presents an innovative
synthesis of research in different disciplines to argue that
cooperation stems not from the stereotypical selfish agent acting
out of disguised self-interest but from the presence of "strong
reciprocators" in a social group.
Presenting an overview of research in economics, anthropology,
evolutionary and human biology, social psychology, and sociology,
the book deals with both the theoretical foundations and the policy
implications of this explanation for cooperation. Chapter authors
in the remaining parts of the book discuss the behavioral ecology
of cooperation in humans and nonhuman primates, modeling and
testing strong reciprocity in economic scenarios, and reciprocity
and social policy. The evidence for strong reciprocity in the book
includes experiments using the famous Ultimatum Game (in which two
players must agree on how to split a certain amount of money or
they both get nothing.)
Presenting an overview of research in economics, anthropology,
evolutionary and human biology, social psychology, and sociology,
the book deals with both the theoretical foundations and the policy
implications of this explanation for cooperation. Chapter authors
in the remaining parts of the book discuss the behavioral ecology
of cooperation in humans and nonhuman primates, modeling and
testing strong reciprocity in economic scenarios, and reciprocity
and social policy. The evidence for strong reciprocity in the book
includes experiments using the famous Ultimatum Game (in which two
players must agree on how to split a certain amount of money or
they both get nothing.)