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Selfishness, Altruism, and Rationality
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Selfishness, Altruism, and Rationality Paperback - 1984

by Margolis, Howard

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  • Title Selfishness, Altruism, and Rationality
  • Author Margolis, Howard
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition First Thus
  • Condition Used - Good
  • Pages 201
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher University of Chicago Press, Chicago
  • Date 1984-10-15
  • Features Bibliography, Index
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 2242478-6
  • ISBN 9780226505244 / 0226505243
  • Weight 0.6 lbs (0.27 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.08 x 6.03 x 0.59 in (23.06 x 15.32 x 1.50 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects Self-interest, Social choice
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 84002620
  • Dewey Decimal Code 302.13

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From the rear cover

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. Selfishness, Altruism, and Rationality, first published in 1982, is a work of great value not only to economists and political scientists specializing in public choice but to all those interested in social theory.

About the author

Howard Margolis has held research and teaching appointments at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the Russell Sage Foundation, the Institute for Advanced Studies at Princeton, and the University of California, Irvine.