Adam smith and three theories of altruism

Recherches Economiques de Louvain

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 421-435

  Khalil, Elias L ^a  

^a VASSAR COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EID: 0012837131     PISSN: 07704518     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3917/rel.674.0421     Document Type: Review

References (36)

1. Aubrey, J. (1898), Brief Lives, chiefly of contemporaries, set down by John Aubrey, between the Years 1669 & 1696, vol. 1 (A-H), ed. Andrew Clark, Oxford, Clarendon Press.
2. Axelrod, R. (1984), The Evolution of Cooperation, New York, Basic Books.
3. Becker, G.S. (1976), "Altruism, Egoism, and Genetic Fitness: Economics and Sociobiology", Journal of Economic Literature, 4, pp. 817-26. (Reprinted in Zamagni, 1995.)
4. Becker, G.S. (1981), "Altruism in the Family and Selfishness in the Market Place", Economica, 48, pp. 1-15. (Reprinted in Zamagni, 1995.)
5. Bergstrom, T.C. (1995), "On the Evolution of Altruistic Ethical Rules for Siblings", American Economic Review, 85, pp. 58-81.
6. Boyd, C.A.R. and D. Noble (eds) (1993), The Logic of Life: The Challenge of Integrative Physiology, Oxford, Oxford University Press.
7. Brennan, G. and L. Lomasky (1985), "The Impartial Spectator Goes to Washington: Toward a Smithian Theory of Electoral Behavior", Economics and Philosophy, 1, pp. 189-211.
8. Collard, D. (1978), Altruism and Economy: A Study in Non-Selfish Economics, Oxford, Martin Robertson.
9. Etzioni, A. (1986), "The Case for a Multiple-Utility Conception", Economics and Philosophy, 2, pp. 159-183.
10. Frank, R.H. (1988), Passions Within Reason: The Strategic Role of the Emotions, New York, W.W. Norton.
11. Frankfurt, H.M. (1971), "Freedom of the Will and the Concept of a Person", Philosophical Review, 68, pp. 5-20.
12. Getty, G. (1989), "The Hunt for r: One-Factor and Transfer Theories", Social Science Information, 28, pp. 385-428.
13. Goodin, R.E. (1980), "Making Moral Incentives Pay", Policy Sciences, 12, pp. 131-145.
14. Haakonssen, K. (1981), The Science of a Legislator: The Natural Jurisprudence of David Human and Adam Smith, Cambridge University Press.
15. Hamilton, W.D. (1964), "The Genetical Evolution of Social Behavior", I, II, Journal of Theoretical Biology, 7, pp. 1-16, 17-52.
16. Khalil, E.L. (1990), "Beyond Self-Interest and Altruism: A Reconstruction of Adam Smith's Theory of Human Conduct", Economics and Philosophy, 6, pp. 255-273. (Reprinted in Zamagni, 1995.)
17. Khalil, E.L. (1996), "Respect, Admiration, Aggrandizement: Adam Smith as Economic Psychologist", Journal of Economic Psychology, 17, pp. 555-577.
18. Khalil, E.L. (1998), "Is Justice the Primary Feature of the State? Adam Smith's Critique of Social Contract Theory", European Journal of Law and Economics, 6, pp. 215-230.
19. Khalil, E.L. (1999), "Sentimental Fools: A Critique of Amartya Sen's Notion of Commitment", Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 40, pp. 373-386. (URL: www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/ 01672681)
20. Khalil, E.L. (2000), "Beyond Natural Selection and Divine Intervention: The Lamarckian Implication of Adam Smith's Invisible Hand", Journal of Evolutionary Economics, 10, pp. 373-393.
21. Mackie, J. (1980), Hume's Moral Theory, London, Routledge & Kegan Paul.
22. Margolis, H. (1982), Selfishness, Altruism, and Rationality: A Theory of Social Choice, Cambridge University Press.
23. Mead, G.H. (1934), Mind, Self and Society, edited by C.W. Morris, Chicago, University of Chicago Press.
24. Monroe, K.R. (1994), "A Fat Lady in A Corset: Altruism in Social Theory", American Journal of Political Science, 38, pp. 861-893.
25. Monroe, K.R. (1996), The Heart of Altruism: Perceptions of a Common Humanity, Princeton, NJ, Princeton University Press.
26. Postema, G.J. (1987), "Collective Evils, Harms, and the Law" Ethics, 97, pp. 414-440.
27. Rosen, R. (1991), Life Itself: A Comprehensive Inquiry into the Nature. Origin, and Fabrication of Life, New York, Columbia University Press.
28. Sagoff, M. (1986), "Values and Preferences", Ethics, 96, pp. 301-316.
29. Sen, A.K. (1977), "Rational Fools: A Critique of the Behavioral Foundations of Economic Theory", Philosophy & Public Affairs, 6, pp. 317-344.
30. Sen, A.K. (1980/1981), "Plural Utility", Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society, 80, pp. 193-215.
31. Sen, A.K. (1985), "Goals, Commitment, and Identity", Journal of Law. Economics and Organization, 1, pp. 341-355. (Reprinted in Zamagni, 1995.)
32. Simon, H.A. (1990), "A Mechanism for Social Selection and Successful Altruism", Science, 250, pp. 1665-1668. (Reprinted in Zamagni, 1995.)
33. Smith, A. (1976), The Theory of Moral Sentiments, edited by D.D. Raphael & A.L. Macfie, Oxford, Clarendon Press.
34. Walzer, M. (1983), Spheres of Justice: A Defense of Pluralism and Equality, New York, Basic Books.
35. Wilson, E.O. (1975), Sociobiology: The New Synthesis, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press.
36. Zamagni, S. (ed.) (1995), The Economics of Altruism, Aldershot, UK, Edward Elgar.