| Description |
xvi, 162 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Contents |
Pt. I. Economics and Philosophy -- 1. Personal Utility and Welfare -- 2. Collective Utility and Welfare -- 3. Welfare Economics -- Pt. II. Politics and Philosophy -- 4. The Role of the State -- 5. Utilitarianism: Theory and Applications -- 6. Utilitarianism, Justice, and Equality -- 7. Contractarianism -- 8. Communitarianism -- Pt. III. Economics and Politics -- 9. Games, Conventions, and Public Goods -- 10. Positive Political Economy -- 11. Normative Political Economy -- Pt. IV. Ethics, Economics, and Politics -- 12. The Principles of Public Policy |
| Summary |
Publisher description: Little offers a new defence of a rule-based utilitarianism as a basis for assessing the role of the State and explains how the three disiplines of philosophy, economics and politics can be integrated to provide guidance on issues of public policy |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Economics -- Philosophy.
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Economics -- Moral and ethical aspects.
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Political science -- Philosophy.
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| Author |
Oxford University Press.
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| LC no. |
2002072440 |
| ISBN |
019926872X paperback |
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0199257043 hardback |
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