On Ethics and Economics

Name: On Ethics and Economics
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ISBN: 9780631164012

ISBN-10: 0631164014

ISBN-13: 9780631164012

Edition: 1988

Authors: Amartya K. Sen

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In this elegant critique, Amartya Sen argues that a closer contact between welfare economics and modern ethical studies can substantively enrich and benefit both disciplines.He argues further that even predictive and descriptive economics can be helped by making more room for welfare economic considerations in the explanation of behavior, especially in production relations, which inevitably involve problems of cooperation as well as conflict. The concept of rationality of behaviour is thoroughly proved in this context, with particular attention paid to social interdependence and internal tensions within consequentialist reasoning. In developing his general theme, Sen also investigates some…

Book details

List price: $37.95
Copyright year: 1988
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
Publication date: 1/8/1991
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 148
Size: 5.54" wide x 8.55" long x 0.52" tall
Weight: 0.396
Language: English



Foreword



Preface



Economic Behaviour and Moral Sentiments


Two Origins


Achievements and Weakness


Economic Behaviour and Rationality


Rationality as Consistency


Self-interest and Rational Behaviour


Adam Smith and Self-interest



Economic Judgements and Moral Philosophy


Interpersonal Comparisons of Utility


Pareto Optimality and Economic Efficiency


Utility, Pareto Optimality and Welfarism


Well-being and Agency.Valuing and Value


Agency and Well-being: Distinction and Interdependence


Utility and Well-being


Achievements, Freedom and Rights


Self-interest and Welfare Economics


Rights and Freedom



Freedom and Consequences


Well-being, Agency and Freedom


Plurality and Evaluation


Incompletenes and Overcompleteness


Conflicts and Impasse


Rights and Consequence


Consequential Assessment and Deontology


Ethics and Economics


Welfare, Goals and Choices


Conduct, Ethics and Economics


References


Author Index


Subject Index