From Pleasure Machines to Moral Communities: An Evolutionary Economics Without Homo Economicus

by Geoffrey M. Hodgson

Are humans at their core seekers of their own pleasure or cooperative members of society? Paradoxically, they are both. Pleasure-seeking can take place only within the context of what works within a defined community, and central to any community are the evolved codes and principles guiding appropriate behavior, or morality. The complex interaction of morality and self-interest is at the heart of Geoffrey M. Hodgson's approach to evolutionary economics,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226922715
• ISBN13: 9780226922713
• Release Date: November 2012
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 1.27 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 9.1"