The Adaptation Problem, Evolution and Normative Economics

Arguments for a Better World: Essays in Honor of Amartya Sen

Volumn 1, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Qizilbash, Mozaffar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Capability; Darwinism; Evolution; Happiness; Ken binmore; Preferences; Richard layard; Utilitarianism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879534367     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199239115.003.0005     Document Type: Chapter

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