Selfishness, Altruism, and Rationality

by Howard Margolis

Book Overview

Why do we volunteer time? Why do we contribute money? Why, even, do we vote, if the effect of a single vote is negligible? Rationality-based microeconomic models are hard-pressed to explain such social behavior, but Howard Margolis proposes a solution. He suggests that within each person there are two selves, one selfish and the other group-oriented, and that the individual follows a Darwinian rule for allocating resources between those two selves...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226505243
• ISBN13: 9780226505244
• Release Date: October 1984
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 201 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.1"