Moral Sentiments and Material Interests: The Foundations of Cooperation in Economic Life

by Herbert Gintis, Ernst Fehr, Robert Boyd, et al.

Book Overview

Moral Sentiments and Material Interests presents an innovative synthesis of research in different disciplines to argue that cooperation stems not from the stereotypical selfish agent acting out of disguised self-interest but from the presence of "strong reciprocators" in a social group. Presenting an overview of research in economics, anthropology, evolutionary and human biology, social psychology, and sociology, the book deals with both the theoretical...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262072521
• ISBN13: 9780262072526
• Release Date: January 2005
• Publisher: MIT Press (MA)
• Length: 404 Pages
• Weight: 1.54 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.3" x 9.2"