1st Edition

An Evolutionary Approach to Social Welfare

By Christian Sartorius Copyright 2003
272 Pages
by Routledge

272 Pages
by Routledge

While not evident immediately, social norms and values play a crucial role in the theory of social choice. In the first half of the twentieth century, the special acknowledgement by economic theory of the autonomy of individuals and their subjective view of the world had led to the serious problem that socially acceptable decisions could not be made in the absence of unanimity. In this work,... Read more
Introduction Part One: Evolution, Behavior, and Learning 1. Evolution and Learning - the Rise of Behavioral Plasticity 2. Motivation and Well-being 3. Propagation of Behavioral Determinants Part Two: Coordination, Cooperation and Social Welfare 4. The Significance of the Group for the Evolution of Order and Cooperation 5. Welfare and Evolution

Biography

Christian Sartorius is Post-doctoral research fellow in the Energy Systems Unit of the Technical University of Berlin, Germany.