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Pride & Property: An Interdisciplinary Analysis Of Their Symbiotic Relationship, Donald J. Kochan Dec 2017

Pride & Property: An Interdisciplinary Analysis Of Their Symbiotic Relationship, Donald J. Kochan

Donald J. Kochan

Pride and property are mutually reinforcing, symbiotic concepts through which individuals express their identity in a biologically, economically, and psychologically driven manner that generates evolutionarily advantageous conditions. This Article is the first to extensively examine the correlative components of pride and property ownership. It is an interdisciplinary treatment of pride and property — engaging with law, economics, psychology, evolutionary biology, evolutionary psychology, and philosophy. The grossly under-studied “authentic”, achievement-oriented, and motivational variety of pride (as contrasted with the much-vilified “hubristic” kind) has recently been heralded as perhaps the most important human emotion for evolutionary purposes. The Article explains that authentic …

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Diverse Conceptions Of Emotions In Risk Regulation, Peter H. Huang Jan 2008

Diverse Conceptions Of Emotions In Risk Regulation, Peter H. Huang

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Reasons Within Passions: Emotions And Intentions In Property Rights Bargaining, Peter H. Huang Jan 2000

Reasons Within Passions: Emotions And Intentions In Property Rights Bargaining, Peter H. Huang

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This article discusses the role of emotions (or feelings or affects) in property rights bargaining. Real world people choose bargaining strategies based upon not only rational calculations, but also their gut feelings. This article considers the impact of anger and shame on bargaining over property rights and the Coase theorem. Such emotions may depend on beliefs (expectations or assessments) about whether particular strategic decisions should or will occur. Such beliefs can be viewed as attributions over the intentions of others.

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Dangers Of Monetary Commensurability: A Psychological Game Model Of Contagion, Peter H. Huang Jan 1998

Dangers Of Monetary Commensurability: A Psychological Game Model Of Contagion, Peter H. Huang

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