Altruism and Self-Interest in Democracies

1. Introduction
Richard Jankowski

2. Why Participate in Politics? Beyond Self-Interest
Richard Jankowski

3. Why Vote? The Evidence
Richard Jankowski

4. Why Become Politically Informed?
Richard Jankowski

5. The Postelection Phase: Public Interest Groups
Richard Jankowski

6. A Gene for Altruism?
Richard Jankowski

7. Altruism and Redistributive Government Policies
Richard Jankowski

8. Altruistic Conservatives: Varieties of Conservatism
Richard Jankowski

9. An Epistemic Defense of Democracy: Democracies Do It Better?
Richard Jankowski

10. Representative Democracy: Electoral and Postelectoral
Richard Jankowski

Keywords: Philosophy, Social Philosophy, Political Science, Democracy, Ethics, Political History, Political Philosophy