Thoughtful Economic Man

Essays on Rationality, Moral Rules and Benevolence

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Hardcover | 14 October 1991

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This collection of essays by celebrated authors centres on ideas of rationality and morality in economics. The themes the essays cover are fundamental to economics: the influence of benevolence, altruism, justice and religious principles in our treatment of others in society; and the bases of rationality in decision making under conditions of uncertainty. These common themes are given a wide range of perspectives by the contributors, who discuss whether not just a 'rational' but also a 'thoughtful' economic man can be fitted into a sophisticated version of the orthodox model of man as a self-interested maximizer, or whether a radical upheaval in economic analysis is needed to accommodate him. The book is an examination by leading authorities of not only the role of rationality and morals in economics, but also the implications of conventional conceptions of rational economic man for all economic study. It constitutes a powerful argument for greater richness and subtlety in ideas about the motivations of individuals in their economic behaviour.

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Preface
Introduction
Benevolence
Beneconfusion
Love is not enough
Exploitation, justice and the rational man alan
Pleasures, prices and principles
Rationality and the sure-thing principle
Animal spirits
Keynes on the rationality of decision procedures under uncertainty: the investment decision
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