1.

Record Nr.

UNISA990006122900203316

Autore

KIWAN, Saad

Titolo

Saddam Hussein : l'altro muro: l'Occidente e il mondo arabo / Saad Kiwan, Riccardo Cristiano ; introduzione di Guido Moltedo

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Roma : Edizioni associate, 1991

ISBN

88-267-0124-5

Descrizione fisica

139 p. ; 21 cm

Altri autori (Persone)

CRISTIANO, Riccardo

Disciplina

956.05

Soggetti

Iraq - Politica internazionale

Collocazione

X.3.B. 7616

Lingua di pubblicazione

Italiano

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910827085103321

Autore

Stout Lynn A. <1957->

Titolo

Cultivating conscience : how good laws make good people / / Lynn Stout

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Princeton, N.J., : Princeton University Press, 2010

ISBN

1-282-82101-6

9786612821011

1-4008-3600-X

Edizione

[Course Book]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (319 p.)

Disciplina

171/.6

Soggetti

Conscience

Law and ethics

Law - Moral and ethical 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

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- PART ONE -- Chapter 1. Franco's Choice -- Chapter 2. Holmes' Folly -- Chapter 3. Blind to Goodness: Why We Don't See Conscience -- PART TWO -- Chapter 4. Games People Play: Unselfish Prosocial Behavior in Experimental Gaming -- Chapter 5. The Jekyll/Hyde Syndrome: A Three-Factor Social Model of Unselfish Prosocial Behavior -- Chapter 6. Origins -- PART THREE -- Chapter 7. My Brother's Keeper: The Role of Unselfishness in Tort Law -- Chapter 8. Picking Prosocial Partners: The Story of Relational Contract -- Chapter 9. Crime, Punishment, and Community -- PART FOUR -- Conclusion: Chariots of the Sun -- Notes -- Works Cited -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

Contemporary law and public policy often treat human beings as selfish creatures who respond only to punishments and rewards. Yet every day we behave unselfishly--few of us mug the elderly or steal the paper from our neighbor's yard, and many of us go out of our way to help strangers. We nevertheless overlook our own good behavior and fixate on the bad things people do and how we can stop them. In this pathbreaking book, acclaimed law and economics scholar Lynn Stout argues that this focus neglects the crucial role our better impulses



could play in society. Rather than lean on the power of greed to shape laws and human behavior, Stout contends that we should rely on the force of conscience. Stout makes the compelling case that conscience is neither a rare nor quirky phenomenon, but a vital force woven into our daily lives. Drawing from social psychology, behavioral economics, and evolutionary biology, Stout demonstrates how social cues--instructions from authorities, ideas about others' selfishness and unselfishness, and beliefs about benefits to others--have a powerful role in triggering unselfish behavior. Stout illustrates how our legal system can use these social cues to craft better laws that encourage more unselfish, ethical behavior in many realms, including politics and business. Stout also shows how our current emphasis on self-interest and incentives may have contributed to the catastrophic political missteps and financial scandals of recent memory by encouraging corrupt and selfish actions, and undermining society's collective moral compass. This book proves that if we care about effective laws and civilized society, the powers of conscience are simply too important for us to ignore.