Passions Within Reason: The Strategic Role of the Emotions
In this book, I make use of an idea from economics to suggest how noble human tendencies might not only have survived the ruthless pressures of the material world, but actually have been nurtured by them.
In this book, I make use of an idea from economics to suggest how noble human tendencies might not only have survived the ruthless pressures of the material world, but actually have been nurtured by them.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780393960228 (0393960226)
Publish date: November 1st 1988
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Pages no: 320
Edition language: English
The rationalist model of human behavior states that we do everything due to self interest. Even altruistic behavior exist due to the perception we have that they will serve our self-interests in some way, direct or indirect. This line of reasoning have permeated almost every science including biolog...