
Selfishness, Altruism, and Rationality
Howard Margolis(Author)
University of Chicago Press
Published on 15. October 1984
Book
Paperback/Softback
201 pages
978-0-226-50524-4 (ISBN)
Description
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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Language
English
Place of publication
Chicago
United States
Publishing group
The University of Chicago Press
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 23 mm
Width: 16 mm
Thickness: 1 mm
Weight
312 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-226-50524-4 (9780226505244)
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