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dc.contributor.authorCordes, Christianen
dc.contributor.authorSchubert, Christianen
dc.date.accessioned2009-01-28T16:10:30Z-
dc.date.available2009-01-28T16:10:30Z-
dc.date.issued2005-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10419/20020-
dc.description.abstractThis paper delivers a step toward a naturalistic foundation of the social contract. While mainstream social contract theory is based on an original position model that is defined in an aprioristic way, we endogenize its key elements, i.e., develop them out of the individuals' moral common sense. Therefore, the biological and social basis of moral intuitions are explored. In this context, a key adaptation during evolution was the one that enabled humans to understand conspecifics as intentional agents. Since these behavioral aspects are considered to be an exaptation, they are not amenable to direct genetic explanations or to rationalitybased approaches.en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisher|aMax Planck Institute for Research into Economic Systems |cJenaen
dc.relation.ispartofseries|aPapers on Economics and Evolution |x0501en
dc.subject.jelP16en
dc.subject.jelD71en
dc.subject.jelD63en
dc.subject.jelB52en
dc.subject.jelA13en
dc.subject.ddc330en
dc.subject.keywordSocial contract theoryen
dc.subject.keywordFairnessen
dc.subject.keywordIntentionalityen
dc.subject.keywordEmpathyen
dc.subject.keywordHumanen
dc.subject.stwSozialvertragen
dc.subject.stwGerechtigkeiten
dc.subject.stwEvolutionsökonomiken
dc.titleToward a Naturalistic Foundation of the Social Contract-
dc.typeWorking Paperen
dc.identifier.ppn495256366en
dc.rightshttp://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungenen

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