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Integrity and agreement : economics when principles also matter / Lanse Minkler.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Minkler, Lanse.
Contributor:
Michigan Publishing (University of Michigan), publisher.
Series:
Economics, cognition, and society
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Economics--Moral and ethical aspects.
Economics.
Integrity.
Self-interest.
Truthfulness and falsehood.
Choice (Psychology).
Genre:
Electronic books.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (viii, 169 pages).
Place of Publication:
Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, c2008.
System Details:
text file
Contents:
Chapter 1 Why Integrity? 1
Chapter 2 Preference-Integrity 12
2.1 Utility Theory 12
2.2 Preference-Integrity 16
2.3 An Assessment of Preference-Integrity 18
Chapter 3 Commitment-Integrity 22
3.1 Commitment-Integrity 22
3.2 Reasons 30
3.3 An Assessment of Commitment-Integrity 34
3.4 Failures to Act with Commitment-Integrity 37
3.5 Psychological Foundations 41
Chapter 4 Social Dilemmas and Game Theory 54
4.1 The Prisoner's Dilemma 55
4.2 Preference-Integrity and Lying in Game Theory 59
4.3 Evolutionary Game Theory 68
4.4 Integrity in Evolutionary Game Theory 71
Chapter 5 Lying, Contracts, and Political Behavior 74
5.1 Lying and Mutual Deceit 74
5.2 Legal Contracts 79
5.3 Political Agreements 81
Chapter 6 The Employment Agreement 87
6.1 The Theory of the Firm and the Importance of Shirking 88
6.2 Worker Integrity 92
6.3 Mutual Deceit in the Employment Agreement 95
6.4 Managing Workers of Integrity 99
6.5 Integrity and Other Views of the Firm 102
Chapter 7 Religious Agreements: Beyond the Minimalist Principle 107
7.1 The Economic Theory of Religion 108
7.2 Religious Integrity 110
7.3 Multidimensional Identity and Incoherence 114
Chapter 8 The Social Contract and Human Rights 117
8.1 Human Rights 117
8.2 Coherence, Dignity, and Human Rights 121
Chapter 9 On the Possibility of Integrity 128
9.1 Moral Training and Moral Leadership 128
9.2 Institutions 134.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 151-161) and index.
Description based on information from the publisher.
ISBN:
9780472116430
0472116436
Publisher Number:
10.3998/mpub.222273
Access Restriction:
Restricted for use by site license.

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