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Selfishness, Altruism, and Rationality
University of Chicago Press, 1984 Paper: 978-0-226-50524-4 Library of Congress Classification HB846.8.M37 1984 Dewey Decimal Classification 302.13
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ABOUT THIS BOOK
Why do we volunteer time? Why do we contribute money? Why, even, do we vote, if the effect of a single vote is negligible? Rationality-based microeconomic models are hard-pressed to explain such social behavior, but Howard Margolis proposes a solution. He suggests that within each person there are two selves, one selfish and the other group-oriented, and that the individual follows a Darwinian rule for allocating resources between those two selves. "Howard Margolis's intriguing ideas . . . provide an alternative to the crude models of rational choice that have dominated economics and political science for too long."—Times Literary Supplement See other books on: Altruism | Margolis, Howard | Rationality | Self-interest | Social choice See other titles from University of Chicago Press |
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Selfishness, Altruism, and Rationality
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University of Chicago Press, 1984
Paper: 978-0-226-50524-4
Paper: 978-0-226-50524-4
Why do we volunteer time? Why do we contribute money? Why, even, do we vote, if the effect of a single vote is negligible? Rationality-based microeconomic models are hard-pressed to explain such social behavior, but Howard Margolis proposes a solution. He suggests that within each person there are two selves, one selfish and the other group-oriented, and that the individual follows a Darwinian rule for allocating resources between those two selves.
"Howard Margolis's intriguing ideas . . . provide an alternative to the crude models of rational choice that have dominated economics and political science for too long."—Times Literary Supplement
"Howard Margolis's intriguing ideas . . . provide an alternative to the crude models of rational choice that have dominated economics and political science for too long."—Times Literary Supplement
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