This article lays the foundations of a paradigm to feed a dialogue on what might amount to a socio-economic theory. The key building stones concern the actors utility, rationality and relationship to others. It draws on the theory laid out in The Moral Dimension: Towards a New Economics...

This paper contains three parts. The first outlines the reasons I believe the time has come to develop a shared body of thought for socio-economics. It then turns to the principles that might guide us in developing such a core, and finally, suggests several specific elements for such an...