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The Oxford Handbook of Ethics and Economics.
Mark D. White. Editor.; Matthew D. Adler, Ali al-Nowaihi, Jennifer A. Baker, Constanze Binder, Peter J. Boettke, Luc Bovens, John Broome, John B. Davis, George F. DeMartino, Sanjit Dhami, Marc Fleurbaey, Gerald Gaus, Stefanie Haeffele, Dan Hausman, Joseph Heath, Geoffrey M. Hodgson, Arjo Klamer, Ulrike Knobloch, Michael S. McPherson, Barak Medina, Brendan O'Flaherty, James R. Otteson, Julian Reiss, Ingrid Robeyns, David C. Rose, Joakim Sandberg, Debra Satz, David Schmidtz, Virgil Henry Storr, Jonathan B. Wight, Kaitlyn Woltz, Eyal Zamir. Contributors.
2019
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Title
The Oxford Handbook of Ethics and Economics.
Author
Mark D. White. Editor.
Matthew D. Adler, Ali al-Nowaihi, Jennifer A. Baker, Constanze Binder, Peter J. Boettke, Luc Bovens, John Broome, John B. Davis, George F. DeMartino, Sanjit Dhami, Marc Fleurbaey, Gerald Gaus, Stefanie Haeffele, Dan Hausman, Joseph Heath, Geoffrey M. Hodgson, Arjo Klamer, Ulrike Knobloch, Michael S. McPherson, Barak Medina, Brendan O'Flaherty, James R. Otteson, Julian Reiss, Ingrid Robeyns, David C. Rose, Joakim Sandberg, Debra Satz, David Schmidtz, Virgil Henry Storr, Jonathan B. Wight, Kaitlyn Woltz, Eyal Zamir. Contributors.
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Description
1 online resource (665 pages) : illustrations.
ISBN
9780198793991 e-book
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780198793991.001.0001
Summary
Economics and ethics are both valuable tools for analyzing the behavior and actions of human beings and institutions. Adam Smith, the father of modern economics, considered them two sides of the same coin, but since economics was formalized and mathematicised in the late 1800s and early 1900s, the fields have largely followed separate paths. The Oxford Handbook of Ethics and Economics provides a timely and thorough survey of the various ways ethics can, does, and should inform economic theory and practice. The first part of the book, Foundations, explores how the most prominent schools of moral philosophy relate to economics; asks how morals relevant to economic behavior may have evolved; and explains how various approaches to economics incorporate ethics into their work. The second part, Applications, looks at the ethics of commerce, finance, and markets; uncovers the moral dilemmas involved with making decisions regarding social welfare, risk, and harm to others; and explores how ethics is relevant to major topics within economics, such as health care and the environment. With esteemed contributors from economics and philosophy, The Oxford Handbook of Ethics and Economics is a resource for scholars in both disciplines and those in related fields. It highlights the close relationship between ethics and economics in the past while and lays a foundation for further integration going forward.
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Introduction
Part I: Foundations
A. Ethical Theories in Economics
1:Adam Smith and the Study of Ethics in a Commercial Society, 1. Stefanie Haeffele and Virgil Henry Storr
2. Virtue and Economics, Horse and Cart, Jennifer A. Baker
3. With All Due Respect: A Kantian Approach to Economics, Mark D. White
4. Ethical Pluralism in Economics, Jonathan B. Wight
5. Economic Ethics and the Capability Approach, Constanze Binder and Ingrid Robeyns
B. Sources of Morality in Economics
6. Evolution and Moral Motivation in Economics, Geoffrey M. Hodgson
7. Morality as a Complex Adaptive System: Rethinking Hayek's Social Ethics, Gerald Gaus
8. On the Evolution of Ethics, Rationality, and Economic Behavior, David C. Rose
C. Ethics in Schools of Economics
9. Human Ethicality: Evidence and Insights from Behavioral Economics, Sanjit Dhami and Ali al-Nowaihi
10. Ethics and Economics: A Complex Systems Approach, John B. Davis
11. Economics and Ethics within the Austrian School of Economics, Peter Boettke and Kaitlyn Woltz
12. Feminist Economics and Ethics, Ulrike Knobloch
13. Economy and Culture: The Importance of Sense-Making, Arlo Klamer
Part II: Applications
A. Commerce and Markets
14. Humane Markets: The Classical Tradition of Political Economy, James R. Otteson
15. Capitalism and Democracy: Allies, Rivals, or Strangers?, Julian Reiss
16. The Moral Status of Profit, Joseph Heath
17. The Ethics of Money and Finance, Joakim Sandberg
18. Ethics And, In, and For Labor Markets, Michael S. McPherson, and Debra Satz
B. Welfare, Risk, and Policy
19. Cost-Benefit Analysis and Social Welfare Functions, Matthew D. Adler
20. The Normative Economics of Social Risk, Marc Fleurbaey
21. The Ethics of Making Risky Decisions for Others, Luc Bovens
22. The Tragedy of Economics: On the Nature of Economic Harm and the Responsibilities of Economists, George F. DeMartino
C. Ethics in Applied Economics
23. Economics, Ethics, and Health Insurance, Daniel M. Hausman
24. Deontological Morality and Economic Analysis of Law, Eyal Zamir and Barak Medina
25. The Ethics and Economics of Ecological Justice, David Schmidtz
26. Civil Rights, Employment, and Race, Brendan O'Flaherty
Part III: Conclusion
27. Lessons from Economics, John Broome
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[Oxford, United Kingdom] : [Oxford University Press], 2019.
Copyright
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Language
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