Moral sentiments and material interests : the foundations of cooperation in economic life / edited by Herbert Gintis ... [et al.].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Gintis, Herbert.

Series:

MIT Press series on economic learning and social evolution ; 6.

Economic learning and social evolution ; 6

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cooperation.

Game theory.

Economics--Sociological aspects.

Economics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (417 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, c2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Multidisciplinary research into cooperation and the implications for public policy, drawing on insights from economics, anthropology, biology, social psychology, and sociology.

Contents:

Series Foreword; Preface; I Introduction; 1 Moral Sentiments and Material Interests: Origins, Evidence, and Consequences; II The Behavioral Ecology of Cooperation; 2 The Evolution of Cooperation in Primate Groups; 3 The Natural History of Human Food Sharing and Cooperation: A Review and a New Multi- Individual Approach to the Negotiation of Norms; 4 Costly Signaling and Cooperative Behavior; III Modeling and Testing Strong Reciprocity; 5 The Economics of Strong Reciprocity; 6 Modeling Strong Reciprocity; 7 The Evolution of Altruistic Punishment; 8 Norm Compliance and Strong Reciprocity

IV Reciprocity and Social Policy9 Policies That Crowd out Reciprocity and Collective Action; 10 Reciprocity and the Welfare State; 11 Fairness, Reciprocity, and Wage Rigidity; 12 The Logic of Reciprocity: Trust, Collective Action, and Law; 13 Social Capital, Moral Sentiments, and Community Governance; Contributors; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.

ISBN:

9786612097713

9781282097711

1282097717

9780262273862

0262273861

9781429413039

1429413034

OCLC:

743198212