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Cultivating conscience how good laws make good people

Contemporary law and public policy often treat human beings as selfish creatures who respond only to punishments and rewards. Yet every day we behave unselfishly--few of us mug the elderly or steal the paper from our neighbor's yard, and many of us go out of our way to help strangers. We nevertheless overlook our own good behavior and fixate on the bad things people do and how we can stop them. In this pathbreaking book, acclaimed law and economics scholar Lynn Stout argues that this focus neglects the crucial role our better impulses could play in society. Rather than lean on the power of gre.

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  • "How good laws make good people"

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  • "This paper unpacks how these empirical findings can be used to develop a "Jekyll/Hyde" model of how human behavior shifts predictably from purely selfish to prosocial, depending on certain social cues. The model can help us both understand how legal rules and social norms work, and help us use them more effectively. It also suggests that, rather than leaning on the power of greed to channel human behavior, policymakers often might do better to focus on and promote the force of conscience--the cheapest and most effective police force one could ask for. -- p.1"
  • "Contemporary law and public policy often treat human beings as selfish creatures who respond only to punishments and rewards. Yet every day we behave unselfishly--few of us mug the elderly or steal the paper from our neighbor's yard, and many of us go out of our way to help strangers. Here, law and economics scholar Lynn Stout argues that, rather than lean on the power of greed to shape laws and human behavior, we should rely on the force of conscience. Stout makes the compelling case that conscience is neither rare nor quirky, but a vital force woven into our daily lives. Drawing from social psychology, behavioral economics, and evolutionary biology, Stout illustrates how our legal system can use social cues to craft better laws that encourage more unselfish, ethical behavior. She also shows how our current emphasis on self-interest and incentives may have contributed to the catastrophic political missteps and financial scandals of recent memory.--From publisher description."
  • "Contemporary law and public policy often treat human beings as selfish creatures who respond only to punishments and rewards. Yet every day we behave unselfishly--few of us mug the elderly or steal the paper from our neighbor's yard, and many of us go out of our way to help strangers. We nevertheless overlook our own good behavior and fixate on the bad things people do and how we can stop them. In this pathbreaking book, acclaimed law and economics scholar Lynn Stout argues that this focus neglects the crucial role our better impulses could play in society. Rather than lean on the power of gre."@en

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  • "Cultivating Conscience How Good Laws Make Good People"
  • "Cultivating conscience : how good laws make good people"
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