A powerful and provocative critique of the foundations of Rational
Choice theory and the economic way of thinking about the world,
written by a former leading practitioner. The target is a dehumanizing
ideology that cannot properly recognize that normal people have
attachments and commitments to other people and to practices,
projects, principles, and places, which provide them with
desire-independent reasons for action, and that they are reflective
creatures who think about what they are and what they should be, with
ideals that can shape and structure the way they see their choices.
The author's views are brought to bear on the economic way of thinking
about the natural environment and on how and when the norm of fair
reciprocity motivates us to do our part in cooperative endeavors.
Throughout, the argument is adorned by thought-provoking examples that
keep what is at stake clearly before the reader's mind.
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ISBN
9780511243516
Publisert
2013
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Cambridge University Press
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Engelsk
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Digital bok
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