Scribner Seminar Program
Course Description

Good: The Study and Practice of Human Cooperation

Instructor(s): Sandra Goff, Economics

A multidisciplinary exploration of human cooperation with a focus on the economics of prosocial behavior. What does it mean to be “good”? Do intentions matter? Is cooperation always a good thing? How can we motivate others to do good in the world?  Through lectures, class activities, discussion, experiments, random acts of kindness, service to others, and self-reflection, we will study and practice human cooperation. Students will employ research questions, methodologies, and findings from economics, psychology, neuroscience, sociology, anthropology, evolutionary biology, and political science in our examination of human cooperation.

Course Offered:

• Fall 2020