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Title:

Moral markets : the critical role of values in the economy / edited by Paul J. Zak ; with a foreword by Michael C. Jensen.

Publisher:

Princeton University Press,

Copyright Date:

c2008

Description:

xli, 344 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Economics--Moral and ethical aspects.

Other Authors:

Zak, Paul J.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

What's a business for? / Charles Handy. Free enterprise, sympathy, and virtue / Robert C. Solomon -- The status of moral emotions in consequentialist moral reasoning / Robert H. Frank -- How selfish an animal? The case of primate cooperation / Frans B. M. de Waal -- Fairness and other-regarding preferences in nonhuman primates / Sarah F. Brosnan -- The evolution of free enterprise values / Peter J. Richerson, Robert Boyd -- Building trust by wasting time / Carl Bergstrom, Ben Kerr, Michael Lachmann -- Taking conscience seriously / Lynn A. Stout -- Trustworthiness and contract / Erin Ann O'Hara -- The vital role of norms and rules in maintaining open public and private economies / David Schwab, Elinor Ostrom -- Values, mechanism design, and fairness / Oliver R. Goodenough -- Values and value: moral economics / Paul J. Zak -- Building a market: from personal to impersonal exchange / Erik O. Kimbrough, Vernon L. Smith, Bart J. Wilson -- Corporate honesty and business education: a behavioral model / Herbert Gintis, Rakesh Khurana -- What's a business for? / Charles Handy.

Summary:

Drawing on converging evidence from neuroscience, social science, biology, law, and philosophy, Moral Markets makes the case that modern market exchange works only because most people, most of the time, act virtuously. --from publisher description

ISBN:

0691135223 (hardcover : alk. paper)
9780691135229 (hardcover : alk. paper)
0691135231 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780691135236

OCLC:

(OCoLC)173502688

LCCN:

2007038797

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)

OSAX771 -- Grand View University Library (Des Moines)

SOAX911 -- Simpson College - Dunn Library (Indianola)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

OMAX631 -- Geisler Learning Resource Cntr (Pella)

OUAX845 -- Dordt University (Sioux Center)

UTAX115 -- Buena Vista University Library (Storm Lake)