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Behaviorism and altruistic acts

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 March 2003

J. McKenzie Alexander
J. McKenzie Alexander
Affiliation:
Department of Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method, London School of Economics and Political Science, London WC2A 2AE, United Kingdomjalex@lse.ac.uk
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Abstract

Rachlin's idea that altruism, like self-control, is a valuable, temporally extended pattern of behavior, suggests one way of addressing common problems in developing a rational choice explanation of individual altruistic behavior. However, the form of Rachlin's explicitly behaviorist account of altruistic acts suffers from two faults, one of which questions the feasibility of his particular behaviorist analysis.

Type
Brief Report
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 25 , Issue 2 , April 2002 , pp. 252
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© 2002 Cambridge University Press

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