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The biology of the interest in money

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 April 2006

Joseph Agassi
Joseph Agassi*
Affiliation:
Department of Philosophy, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv69978, Israel, and Department of Philosophy, York University, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaM3J 1P3http://www.tau.ac.il/~agass/
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agass@post.tau.ac.il
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Abstract

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Why are people interested in money? This question is too broad: there are many kinds of money, interest, and people. The biological approach of Lea & Webley (L&W) makes them seek the roots of this interest, and they contend that tool making and addiction qualify as the roots. Curiosity and the quest for power, however, qualify too. As L&W rightly admit, other approaches supplement their biological one.

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Open Peer Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 29 , Issue 2 , April 2006 , pp. 176
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2006