How not to criticize rational choice theory: Pathologies of "common sense"

Philosophy of the Social Sciences 26 (1):77-91 (1996)
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Rational Choice and Social Theory.Debra Satz & John Ferejohn - 1994 - Journal of Philosophy 91 (2):71-87.
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