The economics of altruism
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The economics of altruism
(An Elgar reference collection)(The international library of critical writings in economics / series editor, Mark Blaug, 48)
E. Elgar, c1995
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This title appears exactly 20 years after the publication of Altruism, Morality and Economic Theory, an important volume edited by E.S. Phelps which contains the proceeding of a conference where social scientists and philosophers met to speculate on the roles that altruism and morality play in shaping human behaviour and economic institutions within our societies. Until recently this discipline was considered of minor importance - now there is clear evidence of its growing interest.This an important volume contains the major articles on the economics of altruism published since 1975. The articles are grouped under 6 headings: the emergence of altruistic behaviour, varieties of altruism, the relevance of altruism and selfishness, altruism and allocation of resources, evolutionary dynamics of altruism, extended rationality and altruistic behaviour. The Economics of Altruism will be welcomed by all those with an interest in economics, philosophy, psychology and sociology.
Table of Contents
CONTENTS
PART I
THE EMERGENCE OF ALTRUISTIC BEHAVIOUR
1. Mordecai Kurz (1978), 'Altruism as an Outcome of Social Interaction'
2. Martin L. Hoffman (1981), 'Is Altruism Part of Human Nature?'
3. Dennis Krebs (1982), 'Psychological Approaches to Altruism: An Evaluation'
4. Robert H. Frank (1987), 'If Homo Economicus Could Choose His Own Utility Function, Would He Want One with a Conscience?'
5. Nancy Eisenberg and Paul A. Miller (1987), 'Empathy, Sympathy, and Altruism: Empirical and Conceptual Links'
PART II
VARIETIES OF ALTRUISM
6. Amartya Sen (1985), 'Goals, Commitment, and Identity'
7. Jack Hirshleifer (1977), 'Shakespeare vs. Becker on Altruism: The Importance of Having the Last Word'
8. David Collard (1975), 'Edgeworth's Propositions on Altruism'
9. Ian Steedman (1989), 'Rationality, economic man and altruism in P. H. Wicksteed's Common Sense of Political Economy'
10. David Miller (1988), 'Altruism and the Welfare State'
11. David Collard (1992), 'Love is Not Enough'
PART III
THE RELEVANCE OF ALTRUISM AND SELFISHNESS
12. Thomas C. Schelling (1978), 'Altruism, Meanness, and Other Potentially Strategic Behaviors'
13. Peter J. Hammond (1987), 'Altruism'
14. Dennis C. Mueller (1986), 'Rational egoism versus adaptive egoism as fundamental postulate for a descriptive theory of human behavior'
15. M. Teresa Lunati (1992), 'On Altruism and Cooperation'
16. John Hudson and Philip Jones (1994), 'The Importance of the "Ethical Voter": An Estimate of "Altruism:"'
PART IV
ALTRUISM AND ALLOCATION OF RESOURCES
17. Gary S. Becker (1981), 'Altruism in the Family and Selfishness in the Market Place'
18. Robert Sugden (1982), 'On the Economics of Philanthropy'
19. David A. Collard (1983), 'Economics of Philanthropy: A Comment'
20. Serge-Christophe Kolm (1983), 'Altruism and Efficiency'
21. Assar Lindbeck and Joergen W. Weibull (1988), 'Altruism and Time Consistency: The Economics of Fait Accompli'
22. B. Douglas Bernheim and Oded Stark (1988), 'Altruism Within the Family Reconsidered: Do Nice Guys Finish Last?'
23. Oded Stark (1989), 'Altruism and the Quality of Life'
PART V
EVOLUTIONARY DYNAMICS OF ALTRUISM
24. Gary S. Becker (1976), 'Altruism, Egoism, and Genetic Fitness: Economics and Sociobiology'
25. Paul A. Samuelson (1993), 'Altruism as a Problem Involving Group versus Individual Selection in Economics and Biology'
26. Theodore C. Bergstrom and Oded Stark (1993), 'How Altruism Can Prevail in an Evolutionary Environment'
27. Herbert A. Simon (1990), 'A Mechanism for Social Selection and Successful Altruism'
28. Oded Stark (1993), 'Nonmarket transfers and altruism'
PART VI
EXTENDED RATIONALITY AND ALTRUISTIC BEHAVIOUR
29. Albert O. Hirschman (1992), 'Against Parsimony: Three Easy Ways of Complicating Some Categories of Economic Discourse'
30. J. Philippe Rushton (1982), 'Altruism and Society: A Social Learning Perspective'
31. Elias L. Khalil (1990), 'Beyond Self-Interest and Altruism, A Reconstruction of Adam Smith's Theory of Human Conduct'
32. Israel M. Kirzner (1990), 'Self-Interest and the New Bashing of Economics: A Fresh Opportunity in the Perennial Debate?'
33. Robert H. Frank, Thomas Gilovich, and Dennis T. Regan (1993), 'Does Studying Economics Inhibit Cooperation?'
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