{"product_id":"cultivating-conscience-9780691139951","title":"Cultivating Conscience","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eContemporary law and public policy often treat human beings as selfish creatures who respond only to punishments and rewards. Drawing from social psychology, behavioral economics, and evolutionary biology, this title demonstrates how social cues have a powerful role in triggering unselfish behavior.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Cultivating Conscience is a blistering attack on the 'law and economics' school, which has had an enormous impact in the US legal academy... But despite that focus, Cultivating Conscience is not only for a US readership: its clear and highly readable style, enlivened by real-life examples, also makes it accessible and of great interest on this side of the Atlantic... Cultivating Conscience is lucid and stimulating.\"--Bill Bowring, Times Higher Education \"[D]uality in human nature, and the connection between conscience and public policy, is masterfully examined in this book by Lynn A. Stout... Cultivating Conscience is a forceful and rational proposition for reasonable change.\"--John Michael Senger, ForeWord Reviews \"Stout makes the compelling case that conscience is neither a rare nor quirky phenomenon, but a vital force woven into our daily lives... This book proves that if we care about effective laws and civilized society, the powers of conscience are simply too important for us to ignore.\"--Marshal Zeringue, Campaign for the American Reader blog \"Cultivating Conscience is one of those rare books--essentially a single-theme book, an apologia for the author's subject matter--that eruditely comingles several fields of knowledge, is clearly and succinctly written, holds the reader's full attention throughout, and whose contents affect the reader's thoughts at unsuspecting times and on various topics long after reading is complete. In short, it is well worth reading by both laypersons and professionals.\"--Cynthia C. Siebel, PsycCRITIQUES\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgements vii     PART ONE  Chapter 1: Franco's Choice 3  Chapter 2: Holmes' Folly 23  Chapter 3: Blind to Goodness: Why We Don't See  Conscience 45      PART TWO  Chapter 4: Games People Play: Unselfish Prosocial  Behavior in Experimental Gaming 75  Chapter 5: The Jekyll\/Hyde Syndrome: A Three-Factor  Social Model of Unselfish Prosocial Behavior 94  Chapter 6: Origins 122      PART THREE  Chapter 7: My Brother's Keeper: The Role of  Unselfishness in Tort Law 151  Chapter 8: Picking Prosocial Partners: The Story of  Relational Contract 175  Chapter 9: Crime, Punishment, and Community 200      PART FOUR  Conclusion Chariots of the Sun 233  Notes 255  Works Cited 281  Index 299","brand":"Princeton University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49403765686615,"sku":"9780691139951","price":19.8,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780691139951.jpg?v=1730484477","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/cultivating-conscience-9780691139951","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}