Methodological altruism as an alternative foundation for individual optimization

Can economics, which is based on the notion of individual optimization, really model individuals who have a sense of exteriority? This question, derived both from Marcel Mauss's sociological analysis of the social norm of gift-giving and from Emmanuel Levinas's phenomenological analysis of...

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Main Author: Arnsperger, Christian (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Springer Science + Business Media B. V 2000
In: Ethical theory and moral practice
Year: 2000, Volume: 3, Issue: 2, Pages: 115-136
Further subjects:B Rational Choice Theory
B Methodological Individualism
B philosophy of economics
B Levinas
B Gift-giving
B Mauss
B Altruism
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