Ethics Out of Economics

ISBN-13: 9780521644914 / Angielski / Miękka / 1999 / 276 str.

John Broome

Opis

John Broome's work has always combined sophisticated economic and philosophical expertise, and Ethics Out of Economics brings together some of his most important essays, augmented by a new introduction. This book examines some of the practical issues that lie between economics and ethics, and shows how utility theory can contribute to ethics, as many economic problems are also ethical problems. Professor Broome raises some fundamental questions about economic equality, preserving the environment, and the allocation of medical resources, and powerfully shows how economic methods can contribute to moral philosophy.

Recenzje

'Ethics out of Economics is a collection of some of the most important papers by John Broome published, with one exception, over the last decade.' Mind

Spis treści

1. Introduction: ethics out of economics; Part I. Preference and Value: 2. 'Utility'; 3. Extended preferences; 4. Discounting the future; 5. Can a Humean be moderate?; Part II. The Structure of Good: 6. Bolker-Jeffrey expected utility theory and axiomatic utilitarianism; 7. Fairness; 8. Is incommensurability vagueness?; 9. Incommensurable values; 10. Goodness is reducible to betterness: the evil of death is the value of life; Part III. The Value of Life: 11. Trying to value a life; 12. Structured and unstructured valuation; 13. Qalys; 14. The value of living; 15. The value of a person.