Ethics, Rationality, and Economic Behaviour

Name: Ethics, Rationality, and Economic Behaviour
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ISBN: 9780198289814

ISBN-10: 0198289812

ISBN-13: 9780198289814

Edition: 1996

Authors: Francesco Farina, Frank Hahn, Stefano Vannucci

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The connection between economics and ethics is as old as economics itself, and central to both disciplines. It is an issue that has recently attracted much interest from economists and philosophers. The connection is, in part, a result of the desire of economists to make policy prescriptions, which clearly require some normative criteria. More deeply, much economic theory is founded on the assumption of utility maximization, thereby creating an immediate connection between the foundations of economics and the philosophical literature on utilitarianism and reasons for action. In fact, some influential contemporary approaches to ethics advocate decision-theoretic or game-theoretic foundations…

Book details

List price: $275.00
Copyright year: 1996
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 7/25/1996
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 360
Size: 6.42" wide x 9.53" long x 0.98" tall
Weight: 1.452
Language: English



List of Contributors


Introduction



Foundational Issues



Some Economical Reflections on Ethics



Morality and Incentives



On Trade-Offs between Values



On the Foundations of Welfare Economics: Utility, Capability, and Practical Reason1



Values, Reasons, and the Theory of Persuasion



Two Views On Utilitarianism



Economic Analysis and the Structure of Good: Transferring Utility Theory from Preferences to Betterness



Consequentialist Decision Theory and Utilitarian Ethics1



Fairness In Distribution



Stand Alone and Unanimity Tests: A Re-Examination of Fair Division



On a Mechanism for Implementing Egalitarianism with Responsibility



Free-Riding Versus Rent-Sharing: Should Even David Gauthier Support an Unconditional Basic Income?1



The Ethical Dimension Of Rational Decisions



Social Preferences, Equity, and Non-Expected Utility Theory1



Commitment and Choice: An Essay on the Rationality of Plans1



Rational Co-ordination1



Strategic Interaction And Moral Analysis



An Evolutionary Dynamic Approach to Altruism1



Social Ethics and Implementation Theory



Remarks on Rationality and Morality


Index of Names


Index of Subjects