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Record Nr.

UNINA9910827872603321

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, c2005

ISBN

1-282-09771-7

0-262-27386-1

9786612097713

1-4294-1303-4

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (417 p.)

Collana

Economic learning and social evolution ; ; 6

Altri autori (Persone)

GintisHerbert

Disciplina

330.01/5193

Soggetti

Cooperation

Game theory

Economics - Sociological aspects

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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