Morality, Governance, And Social Institutions: Reflections On Russell Hardin
by Jack Knight /
2017 / English / PDF
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This book reflects on the research and career of political
theorist Russell Hardin from scholars of Political Science,
Philosophy, Sociology, Economics, and Law, among other
disciplines. Contributions address core issues of political
theory as perceived by Hardin, starting with his insistence that
many of the basic institutions of modern society and their
formative historical beginnings can be understood as proceeding
primarily from the self-interested motives of the participants.
Many of the contributions in this volume struggle with the
constraints imposed on political theorizing by the idea of
self-interested agents, or homo economicus. Some reject the idea
as empirically unfounded. Others try to show that homo economicus
is even more versatile than Hardin depicts. And yet others accept
the constraints and work within them. But all pay tribute to the
lasting intellectual contribution of Russell Hardin and the
challenge he poses. The book should appeal to scholars and
students interested in collective action, public choice and
democracy, moral reasoning and its limits, constitutionalism,
liberalism, conventions and coordination, trust, identity
politics, social epistemology, and methods in politics
philosophy.
This book reflects on the research and career of political
theorist Russell Hardin from scholars of Political Science,
Philosophy, Sociology, Economics, and Law, among other
disciplines. Contributions address core issues of political
theory as perceived by Hardin, starting with his insistence that
many of the basic institutions of modern society and their
formative historical beginnings can be understood as proceeding
primarily from the self-interested motives of the participants.
Many of the contributions in this volume struggle with the
constraints imposed on political theorizing by the idea of
self-interested agents, or homo economicus. Some reject the idea
as empirically unfounded. Others try to show that homo economicus
is even more versatile than Hardin depicts. And yet others accept
the constraints and work within them. But all pay tribute to the
lasting intellectual contribution of Russell Hardin and the
challenge he poses. The book should appeal to scholars and
students interested in collective action, public choice and
democracy, moral reasoning and its limits, constitutionalism,
liberalism, conventions and coordination, trust, identity
politics, social epistemology, and methods in politics
philosophy.