| Description |
[xv], 437 pages ; 24 cm |
| Series |
Routledge frontiers of political economy ; 80 |
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Routledge frontiers of political economy ; 80
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| Contents |
1. Introduction -- 2. The theory of perfect markets -- 3. Rationality -- 4. Self-interest and social preferences -- 5. Status goods, non-satiation and happiness -- 6. Economics as an inexact science -- 7. Utilitarianism and welfare theory -- 8. The ethics of duties and rights -- 9. The ethics of justice -- 10. Virtue ethics and care ethics -- 11. Overview -- 12. Towards more labor market participation by parents? -- 13. Reforms of the pension system and solidarity -- 14. Cosmetic surgery, utility and freedom -- 15. More economic freedom, less collective rest? -- 16. Does ICT foster well-being? -- 17. Ethical questions about globalization -- 18. World poverty and the duty to aid -- 19. Toward an economics of enough? -- 20. Conclusion |
| Summary |
"Economics, Ethics and the Market analyzes the relationship between neoclassical economics and ethics. Johan J. Graafland critically examines the core assumptions that underpin the economic defence of free market operation, and highlights the characteristics of different ethical theories that can be used to evaluate the free market and demonstrates how these can be applied to economics."--BOOK JACKET |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages [410]-423 |
| Subject |
Economics -- Moral and ethical aspects.
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Neoclassical school of economics.
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| LC no. |
2006003873 |
| ISBN |
0203966333 (ebk.) |
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0415407702 (hbk.) |
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9780203966334 (ebk.) |
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9780415407700 (hbk.) |
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