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" Essays on ethics, social behavior, and scientific explanation / "
John C. Harsanyi.
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BL
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966739
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b721109
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Harsanyi, John C.
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Essays on ethics, social behavior, and scientific explanation /\ John C. Harsanyi.
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| Publication Statement
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Dordrecht, Holland ;Boston :: D. Reidel Pub. Co.,, ©1976.
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Theory and decision library ;; v. 12
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xvi, 262 pages ;; 23 cm.
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2266001655
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: 9027706778
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: 9782266001656
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: 9789027706775
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
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| Contents
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Ethics and welfare economics -- Cardinal utility in welfare economics and in the theory of risk-taking -- Cardinal welfare, individualistic ethics, and interpersonal comparisons of utility -- Ethics in terms of hypothetical imperatives -- Can the maximin principle serve as a basis for moraltiy? A critique of John Rawl's theory -- Nonlinear social welfare functions : Do welfare economists have a special examption from Bayesian rationaltiy? -- Rational-choice and game theoretical models of social behavior -- Advances in understanding rational behavior -- Rational-choice models of political behavior vs. functionalist and conformist theories -- Game theory and the analysis of international conflicts -- Measurement of social power, opportunity costs, and the theory of two-person bargaining games -- Measurement of social power in n-person reciprocal power situations -- A bargainiing model for social status in informal groups and formal organizations -- Scientific explanation -- Explanation and comparative dynamics in social science -- popper's improbability criterion for the choice of scientific hypotheses.
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Ethics.
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Social ethics.
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Social status.
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Ethics-- Addresses, essays, lectures.
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Social ethics-- Addresses, essays, lectures.
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Social status-- Addresses, essays, lectures.
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Morale sociale.
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Morale.
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Statut social.
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Ethics.
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Ethics.
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Social ethics.
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Social ethics.
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Social status.
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Social status.
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Ethiek.
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Sociaal gedrag.
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Sociale status.
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| Dewey Classification
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170
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BJ1012.H33
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08.38bcl
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