An economic approach to malevolence

Jerome Ballet and François-Régis Mahieu ()
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No 22009, Working Papers from Fonds pour la Recherche en Ethique Economique

Abstract: Economic analysis is limited without logical justification to benevolence. This paper introduces an analysis of malevolence. It assumes that malevolence may be structural or conjunctural. We distinguish between psychology and behavior of individuals. Conjuctural malevolence may occur when behavior is no more consistent with psychology.

Keywords: Malevolence; benevolence (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D64 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 12 pages
Date: 2009
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