Moral Dimension: Toward a New Economics

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Simon and Schuster, May 11, 2010 - Business & Economics - 314 pages
Blending elements of psychology, philosophy, and sociology with economics, Etzioni presents a bold new vision of the social sciences - one which proposes that broader moral, social and political concerns modify economic behaviour and shape individual decision-making. In establishing the necessitary of moral and social considerations in economic behaviour, he provides a provocative new framework for a more comprehensive, ethical and realistic approach to the social sciences today.
 

Contents

BEYOND PLEASURE THE CASE
21
Substantive Differences Moral Not Equal Pleasure
36
Some Evidence People Act Unselfishly
51
The Irreducibility of Moral Behavior
67
BEYOND RATIONALISM THE ROLE
89
NormativeAffective Factors
114
Chapter
136
Thoughtless Rationality Rules of Thumb
166
OF COMMUNITY AND POWER
181
Encapsulated Competition
199
Political Power and IntraMarket Relations
217
114
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136
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Amitai Etzioni, University Professor at George Washington University and Visiting Professor at the Harvard Business School, 1987-89, is the author of numerous books, including The Active Society.

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