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Putting altruism in context

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 March 2003

Joel Sobel
Joel Sobel
Affiliation:
Department of Economics, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093 jsobel@ucsd.edu http://weber.ucsd.edu/~jsobel/
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Abstract

I argue that Rachlin's notion of self-control is imprecise and not well suited to the discussion of altruism. Rachlin's broader agenda, to improve collective welfare by identifying behavioral mechanisms that increase altruism, neglects the fact that altruism is neither necessary nor sufficient for desirable social outcomes.

Type
Brief Report
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 25 , Issue 2 , April 2002 , pp. 275 - 276
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© 2002 Cambridge University Press

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