Economic Analysis and Moral Philosophy (Cambridge Surveys of Economic Literature) - Hardcover

Hausman, Daniel M.; McPherson, Michael S.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0521552028 ISBN 13: 9780521552028

Verlag: Cambridge University Press, 1996

Inhaltsangabe

This book shows that economists and moral philosophers have a lot to learn from one another. It discusses methods of economic evaluation in terms of welfare and other moral criteria, and examines how such techniques as social choice and game theory are relevant to philosophy.

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"As survey, this book will fill gaps in almost every ethicist's reading and prove enormously helpful for students of the field and as the basis for an advanced undergraduate or graduate course in ethics and economics or philosophy and economics." Peter Danielson, Ethics

Reseña del editor:

Understanding moral philosophy can lead to better economics. Conversely, economic insights and analytical tools can help philosophers. This book draws these two ideas together. Part I focuses on rationality and argues that, in defending their model of rationality, economists find themselves espousing fragments of a highly contestable moral theory. In Part II the authors consider the dubious theory of welfare implicit in standard evaluations of welfare economics and utilitarianism. Part III of this book is concerned with freedom, rights, equality, and justice, which are also important in evaluating economic policies and institutions. Part IV shows that technical work in economics is guided by ethical concepts and is relevant to moral theorizing.

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• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0521552028
• ISBN 13: 9780521552028
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Anzahl der Seiten: 261