Ethics Out of Economics

Klappentext Ethics Out of Economics is the collected essays of John Broome on economics and ethical theory. Zusammenfassung John Broome's work has always combined sophisticated economic and philosophical expertise! and Ethics Out of Economics brings together some of his most important essays! augmented with an updated introduction. This book examines some fundamental practical issues! and shows powerfully how economic methods can contribute to moral philosophy. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction: ethics out of economics; Part I. Preference and Value: 2. 'Utility'; 3. Extended preferences; 4. Discounting the future; 5. Can a Humean be moderate?; Part II. The Structure of Good: 6. Bolker-Jeffrey expected utility theory and axiomatic utilitarianism; 7. Fairness; 8. Is incommensurability vagueness?; 9. Incommensurable values; 10. Goodness is reducible to betterness: the evil of death is the value of life; Part III. The Value of Life: 11. Trying to value a life; 12. Structured and unstructured valuation; 13. Qalys; 14. The value of living; 15. The value of a person.

Product details

• Authors: John Broome
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 18.02.1999
• EAN: 9780521644914
• ISBN: 978-0-521-64491-4
• No. of pages: 276
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Miscellaneous