Arbeitspapier
Democracy, rationality and morality
The fundamental, underlying assumption in economics, public choice, and increasingly in political science and other branches of the social sciences is that individuals are rational actors. Many people have questioned the realism of this assumption, however, and considerable experimental evidence seems to refute it. This paper builds on recent findings from the field of evolutionary psychology to discuss the evolution of rational behavior in humans. It then goes on to relate this evolutionary process to the evolution of political institutions and in particular of democratic institutions.
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Englisch
- Bibliographic citation
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Series: Papers on Economics and Evolution ; No. 0615
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Wirtschaft
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Geistige Schöpfung
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Mueller, Dennis C.
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Veröffentlichung
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Max Planck Institute of Economics
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Jena
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2006
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10.03.2025, 11:41 AM CET
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Object type
- Arbeitspapier
Associated
- Mueller, Dennis C.
- Max Planck Institute of Economics
Time of origin
- 2006
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