LEADER 04382nam 2200673Ia 450 001 9910459538503321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-282-82101-6 010 $a9786612821011 010 $a1-4008-3600-X 024 7 $a10.1515/9781400836000 035 $a(CKB)2670000000046749 035 $a(EBL)590824 035 $a(OCoLC)670430046 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000415255 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11322624 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000415255 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10415906 035 $a(PQKB)10124057 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC590824 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse36702 035 $a(DE-B1597)446781 035 $a(OCoLC)979579165 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781400836000 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL590824 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10421673 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL282101 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000046749 100 $a20100525d2010 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aCultivating conscience$b[electronic resource] $ehow good laws make good people /$fLynn Stout 205 $aCourse Book 210 $aPrinceton, N.J. $cPrinceton University Press$d2010 215 $a1 online resource (319 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-691-13995-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $t Frontmatter -- $tContents -- $tAcknowledgments -- $tPART ONE -- $tChapter 1. Franco's Choice -- $tChapter 2. Holmes' Folly -- $tChapter 3. Blind to Goodness: Why We Don't See Conscience -- $tPART TWO -- $tChapter 4. Games People Play: Unselfish Prosocial Behavior in Experimental Gaming -- $tChapter 5. The Jekyll/Hyde Syndrome: A Three-Factor Social Model of Unselfish Prosocial Behavior -- $tChapter 6. Origins -- $tPART THREE -- $tChapter 7. My Brother's Keeper: The Role of Unselfishness in Tort Law -- $tChapter 8. Picking Prosocial Partners: The Story of Relational Contract -- $tChapter 9. Crime, Punishment, and Community -- $tPART FOUR -- $tConclusion: Chariots of the Sun -- $tNotes -- $tWorks Cited -- $tIndex 330 $aContemporary 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. 606 $aConscience 606 $aLaw and ethics 606 $aLaw$xMoral and ethical aspects 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aConscience. 615 0$aLaw and ethics. 615 0$aLaw$xMoral and ethical aspects. 676 $a171/.6 700 $aStout$b Lynn A.$f1957-$0478993 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910459538503321 996 $aCultivating conscience$91396050 997 $aUNINA