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Passions within reason : the strategic role of the emotions / Robert H. Frank.
- Title
- Passions within reason : the strategic role of the emotions / Robert H. Frank.
- Author
- Frank, Robert H.
- Publication
- New York : Norton, c1988.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Request in advance | BF 531 .F73 1988 | Off-site |
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- Additional Authors
- Lawrence, Paul R.
- Description
- xiii, 304 p. : ill.; 22 cm.
- Summary
- The "Me" generation has justified itself by appealing to social scientists who see selfishness as the only rational basis for action. However, the author of this treatise recognizes an innate sense of social commitment and explores our emotional reactions to guilt, lying, and other actions.
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 279-293) and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- Beyond self-interest -- The altruism paradox -- A theory of moral sentiments -- Reputation -- Signaling -- Telltale Clues -- Predicting Cooperation -- Becoming Moral -- Fairness -- Love -- Human Decency -- Reflections -- Appendix: A formal version of the commitment model -- Index.
- ISBN
- 0393026043 :
- LCCN
- ^^^88001224^
- OCLC
- 17478851
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library