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020			_a9780199781744
040			_cAACR-II
082			_a330.122 ROS
100			_aRose, David C. _910239
245			_aMoral foundation of economic behavior
260			_aNew Delhi _bOxford University Press (OUP) _c2011
300			_a269p.
520			_aThis book explains why moral beliefs can and likely do play an important role in the development and operation of market economies. It shows why the maximization of general prosperity requires that people genuinely trust others - even those whom they know don't particularly care about them. It then identifies characteristics that moral beliefs must have for people to trust others even when there is no chance of detection and no possibility of harming anyone. It shows that when moral beliefs with these characteristics are held by a sufficiently high proportion of the population, a high trust society emerges that supports maximum cooperation and creativity while permitting honest competition at the same time. The required characteristics are not tied to any specific religious narrative and have nothing to do with the moral earnestness of individuals or the set of moral values. What really matters is how moral beliefs affect the way people think about morality. The required characteristics are based on abstract ideas that must be learned so they are matters of culture, not genes, and are therefore potentially capable of explaining differences in material success across human societies. This work has many theoretical and empirical implications including but not limited to social capital theory and trust-based economic experiments.
600			_aGovernance Sector _910457
650			_aProfessional Ethics _910458
650			_aMoral Ethics-Economic _910459
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