Agency, illusion, and well-being : essays in moral psychology and philosophical economics / Jerome M. Segal.

Author/creator Segal, Jerome M., 1943-
Format Book
Publication InfoLanham, MD : Lexington Books, ©2009.
Descriptionxiii, 239 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Subjects

Contents 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.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references.
LCCN 2008034397
ISBN9780739129685 (cloth : alk. paper)
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