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This Book Is a Philosophers¿ Attempt To Bring Together Ideas Put Forward By Economists, Sociologists And Political Theorists. The Author Begins By Exploring The Economist¿s Assumption That Action Is Rational If It Helps To Achieve The Agent¿s Goals as Efficiently as Possible. The Assumption Is Explored With The Aid Of Rational-choice Theory And Game-theory, But It Is Rejected In The End For Failing To Account For The Elements Of Trust And Morality Which Rational Social Life Requires. a Discussio

This Book Is a Philosophers¿ Attempt To Bring Together Ideas Put Forward By Economists, Sociologists And Political Theorists. The Author Begins By Exploring The Economist¿s Assumption That Action Is Rational If It Helps To Achieve The Agent¿s Goals as Efficiently as Possible. The Assumption Is Explored With The Aid Of Rational-choice Theory And Game-theory, But It Is Rejected In The End For Failing To Account For The Elements Of Trust And Morality Which Rational Social Life Requires. a Discussio