Origins of Unfairness: Social Categories and Cultural Evolution

by Cailin O'Connor

Book Overview

In almost every human society some people get more and others get less. Why is inequity the rule in these societies? In The Origins of Unfairness, philosopher Cailin O'Connor firstly considers how groups are divided into social categories, like gender, race, and religion, to address this
question. She uses the formal frameworks of game theory and evolutionary game theory to explore the cultural evolution of the conventions which piggyback on these...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198789971
• ISBN13: 9780198789970
• Release Date: September 2019
• Publisher: Oxford University Press (UK)
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.6" x 8.6"