{"product_id":"selfishness-altruism-and-rationality-9780226505244","title":"Selfishness, Altruism, and Rationality","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Howard Margolis\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: University of Chicago Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: University of Chicago Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Sociology - General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhy do we volunteer time? Why do we contribute money? Why, even, do we vote, if the effect of a single vote is negligible? Rationality-based microeconomic models are hard-pressed to explain such social behavior, but Howard Margolis proposes a solution. He suggests that within each person there are two selves, one selfish and the other group-oriented, and that the individual follows a Darwinian rule for allocating resources between those two selves. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Howard Margolis's intriguing ideas . . . provide an alternative to the crude models of rational choice that have dominated economics and political science for too long.\"--\u003ci\u003eTimes Literary Supplement \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"University of Chicago Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46894090813591,"sku":"9780226505244","price":4272.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780226505244.webp?v=1770321440","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/selfishness-altruism-and-rationality-9780226505244","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}