
Moral Sentiments and Material Interests
The Foundations of Cooperation in Economic Life
MIT Press
Published on 11. August 2006
Book
Paperback/Softback
416 pages
978-0-262-57237-8 (ISBN)
Description
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).
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Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge, Mass.
United States
Publishing group
MIT Press Ltd
Target group
Professional and scholarly
US School Grade: From College Freshman to College Graduate Student
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
35 illus.; 35 Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 24 mm
Weight
567 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-262-57237-8 (9780262572378)
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Robert Boyd is Professor of Anthropology at University of California at Los Angeles.
Samuel Bowles is Research Professor and Director of the Behavioral Sciences Program at the Santa Fe Institute and Professor of Economics at the University of Siena.
Ernst Fehr is Director of the Insitute for Empirical Research in Economics at the University of Zurich.
Herbert Gintis is Emeritus Professor of Economics at the University of Massachusetts and External Faculty at the Santa Fe Insitute.
Samuel Bowles is Research Professor and Director of the Behavioral Sciences Program at the Santa Fe Institute and Professor of Economics at the University of Siena.
Ernst Fehr is Director of the Insitute for Empirical Research in Economics at the University of Zurich.
Herbert Gintis is Emeritus Professor of Economics at the University of Massachusetts and External Faculty at the Santa Fe Insitute.
Editor
External Fac, Santa Fe Instit.
Santa Fe Institute
UCLA
University of Zurich