Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-228) and index.
Tools of the trade : rational choice -- Religion -- Greed, lust, sloth, and waste -- Envy and jealousy -- Lies and deceit -- Matters of life and death -- Addiction -- Adultery -- Prostitution.
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"This innovative, interdisciplinary study of the institution of sin will be of enormous interest to a wide-ranging readership, including researchers and teachers of economics, sociology and theology. It will also be of importance for anthropologists and philosophers."--Jacket.