We’re Better Than We Think

Wayne Nordness Eastman

Chapter Chapter 1 in Why Business Ethics Matters, 2015, pp 21-38 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract This opening chapter tells a basically optimistic story about human nature that centers on the concept of Harmony Games in which people help other people and help themselves at the same time. In the account to be given here, we intuitively identify with other human beings. We are species-ists, and our species-ism is basically a good thing. Our ability to treat other people as “we,” with other animals and nature as “them,” has played a central role in our becoming the planet’s dominant large land mammal. Our affect-laden intuitions and our use of language help us to align effectively not only with people we know, but also with all other members of our species, in playing social games.

Keywords: Business Ethic; Human Nature; Ultimatum Game; Moral Emotion; Dictator Game (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1057/9781137430441_2

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