Handbook of Value: Perspectives from Economics, Neuroscience, Philosophy, Psychology and Sociology

What is value? Where does it come from? How does it impact our emotions, motivations, decisions and experiences? Value is involved in practically every aspect of human life: whether we decide whom to marry or which political candidate to elect, whether we choose between consumer goods, whether we ask ourselves what is morally right, or beautiful, or sacred, value plays a crucial role. Today the investigation of value is central to many disciplines interested in human thinking, feeling, and behavior, such as economics, neuroscience, philosophy, psychology, or sociology. Interestingly, while these disciplines all investigate value, they use different definitions and focus on different aspects of the phenomenon. The Handbook of Value combines the forces of the many disciplines involved in value research, by integrating the perspectives of distinguished scholars from the different disciplines. To allow for a high degree of interdisciplinarity, the editors assembled a panel of eminent associate editors representing the different disciplines: Professor Ernst Fehr (economics), Professor Patrik Vuilleumier (neuroscience), Professor Julien Deonna (philosophy) and Professor Fabrice Clement (sociology). Contributions cover conceptual issues such as definitions of value, psychological and neurological mechanisms underlying value computation and representation, types and taxonomies of value, interindividual and intercultural value differences, the role of value in emotion, moral judgment, decision-making and behavior, as well as "case studies " of individual varieties of value. The volume contributes to an interdisciplinary dialogue and integration by providing a common reference point that will serve as a resource for disciplinary excellence and interdisciplinary cross-fertilization. At the same time, the volume provides an excellent overview of the academic state of the art for more practically oriented readers, for example from a business background, who want to understand the determinants of value. Contributors to this volume - Professor Christine Tappolet - Department of Philosophy, University of Montreal Dr Mauro Rossi - Department of Philosophy, University of Quebec in Montreal (UQAM) Professor Toni Ronnow-Rasmussen - Department of Philosophy, Lund University Professor Wlodek Rabinowicz - Department of Philosophy, Lund University & Department of Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method, London School of Economics Professor E. Tory Higgins - Department of Psychology, Columbia University Professor Shalom H. Schwartz - Department of Psychology, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel, & International Laboratory of Socio-cultural Research, National Research University-Higher School of Economics, Moscow, Russia Dr Dino Levy - Recanati Business School & Sagol School of Neuroscience, Tel Aviv University Professor Paul Glimcher - Center for Neural Science, New York University Dr Jorge Moll - IDOR Institute for Research and Education, Rio de Janeiro Dr Roland Zahn - Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London Dr Ricardo de Oliveira-Souza - IDOR Institute for Research and Education, Rio de Janeiro Professor Diana Boer - Department of Social and Organizational Psychology Institute of Psychology University of Koblenz-Landau Professor Klaus Boehnke - Bremen International Graduate School of Social Sciences (BIGSSS) Jacobs University Bremen Associate Professor Julien A. Deonna - Department of Philosophy and Swiss Centre for Affective Sciences, University of Geneva Associate Professor Fabrice Teroni - Department of Philosophy and Swiss Centre for Affective Sciences, University of Geneva Associate Professor Christian von Scheve - Department of Sociology, Freie Universitat Berlin Dr Peter Sokol-Hessner - Department of Psychology, New York University Dr Elizabeth A. Phelps - Department of Psychology, New York University Professor Rajna Gibson - Geneva Finance Research Institute, University of Geneva Professor Carmen Tanner - Leadership Excellence Center Zeppelin, Zeppelin University, & Department of Banking and Finance, University of Zurich. Professor Alexander F. Wagner - Department of Banking and Finance, University of Zurich Dr Gabriela Jiga-Boy - Department of Psychology, Swansea University Professor Gregory R Maio - Department of Psychology, Cardiff University Professor Geoff Haddock - Department of Psychology, Cardiff University Dr Katy Tapper - Department of Psychology, City University London Dr Dan-Mikael Ellingsen - Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School Professor Morten Kringelbach - Department of Psychiatry, Oxford University Dr Siri Leknes - Department of Psychology, University of Oslo Associate Professor Raffaele Rodogno - Department of Philosophy and History of Ideas, Aarhus University Professor Jerrold Levinson - Department of Philosophy, University of Maryland Professor Thomas Dietz - Environmental Science and Policy Program and Department of Sociology, Michigan State University Professor John T. Jost - Department of Psychology, New York University Ms Elvira Basevich - Department of Psychology, New York University Associate Professor Eric S. Dickson - Department of Psychology, New York University Dr Sharareh Noorbaloochi - Department of Psychology, New York University Professor Robert C. Roberts - Department of Philosophy, Baylor University Assistant Professor Adam C. Pelser - Department of Philosophy, United States Air Force Academy Professor Tobias Brosch - Department of Psychology, and Swiss Center for Affective Sciences, University of Geneva Professor David Sander - Department of Psychology, and Swiss Center for Affective Sciences, University of Geneva