Agency, illusion, and well-being:essays in moral psychology and philosophical economics

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Segal Jerome M., 1943-
Published: Lexington Books,
Publisher Address: Lanham, MD
Publication Dates: c2009.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
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Carrier Form: xiii, 239 p.: ill. ; 23 cm.
ISBN: 9780739129685 (cloth : alk. paper)
0739129686 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780739129692 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0739129694 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Index Number: B089
CLC: B089.3
Call Number: B089.3/S454
Contents: Includes bibliographical references.
Human agency -- Alienness : experiencing one's own incoherence -- Alienness, understanding, and self-deception -- God's project of self-deception -- Alienation and political agency -- How we fooled ourselves into believing in progress -- The monetary illusion -- The good life and economic activity -- Human activity : a molecular approach to action theory.