Keeping Company with Seabright
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According to Paul Seabright, �the unplanned but sophisticated coordination of modern economies is a remarkable fact that needs an explanation.� In this paper, I explore what is remarkable about modern economies and investigate what Seabright identifies as the aspect �that needs an explanation.� Essentially, Seabright is interested in the fact that modern economies require a great deal in the way of trustworthy behavior (and trust) in order to function well�and these trust relations must operate...[Show more]
dc.contributor.author | Brennan, H Geoffrey | |
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dc.date.accessioned | 2015-12-10T22:54:55Z | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1555-5542 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1885/59863 | |
dc.description.abstract | According to Paul Seabright, �the unplanned but sophisticated coordination of modern economies is a remarkable fact that needs an explanation.� In this paper, I explore what is remarkable about modern economies and investigate what Seabright identifies as the aspect �that needs an explanation.� Essentially, Seabright is interested in the fact that modern economies require a great deal in the way of trustworthy behavior (and trust) in order to function well�and these trust relations must operate specifically among �strangers�! The puzzle for him is how relations of trust (and trustworthiness) among strangers could conceivably have arisen from our tribal evolutionary past. I raise several queries about his diagnosis of this puzzle and of his answer to it. | |
dc.publisher | MIT Press | |
dc.rights | Author/s retain copyright | |
dc.source | Biological Theory | |
dc.title | Keeping Company with Seabright | |
dc.type | Journal article | |
local.description.notes | Imported from ARIES | |
local.identifier.citationvolume | 6 | |
dc.date.issued | 2012 | |
local.identifier.absfor | 220399 - Philosophy not elsewhere classified | |
local.identifier.ariespublication | u4326120xPUB511 | |
local.type.status | Published Version | |
local.contributor.affiliation | Brennan, H Geoffrey, College of Arts and Social Sciences, ANU | |
local.bibliographicCitation.startpage | 106 | |
local.bibliographicCitation.lastpage | 112 | |
local.identifier.doi | 10.1007/s13752-012-0015-9 | |
local.identifier.absseo | 970122 - Expanding Knowledge in Philosophy and Religious Studies | |
dc.date.updated | 2015-12-10T07:45:57Z | |
dcterms.accessRights | Open Access | |
Collections | ANU Research Publications |
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