Ethics and Economics : New perspectives

ISBN-13: 9780415638821 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 256 str.

Mark D. White; Irene Van Staveren

Opis

This text features 11 essays by leading scholars in economics and philosophy who argue for a renewal of the bond between the two disciplines.

Spis treści

1. Introduction  Irene van Staveren and Mark D. White  2. The 'Dismal Science' - Still? Economics and Human Flourishing  Mark A. Lutz  3. Communitarianism and the Market: A Paradox  Irene van Staveren  4. Not by P Alone: A Virtuous Economy  Deirdre N. McCloskey  5. Virtue and Behavior  Jennifer A. Baker  6. Freedom, Values and Sen: Towards a Morally Enriched Classical Economic Theory  Vivian Walsh  7. Pareto, Consent, and Respect for Dignity: A Kantian Perspective  Mark D. White  8. Identity and individual economic agents: A narrative approach  John B. Davis  9. Adam Smith on Instincts, Affection, and Informal Learning: Proximate Mechanisms in Multilevel Selection  Jonathan Wight  10. Two Views of Corruption and Democracy  Mozaffar Qizilbash  11. From 'Hume's Law' to Problem- and Policy-Analysis for Human Development. Sen after Dewey, Myrdal, Streeten, Stretton and Haq  Des Gasper  12. The Efficiency of Equity  Stephan Klasen

O autorze

Mark D. White is Professor in the Department of Political Science, Economics, and Philosophy, at the College of Staten Island/CUNY.

Irene van Staveren is Professor of Economics and Christian Ethics, Radboud University Nijmegen, and Associate Professor of Feminist Development Economics, Institute of Social Studies.