Ethics and Economic Theory

List of contents

Introduction 1. Needs and Scarcity 2. Rationality and Economic Theory 3. The Ethical Limits of Markets 4. Individualism and the Self 5. Motivations: Self-interest, Sympathy and Commitment 6. An Unequal World 7. Do Markets Crowd Out Ethics? 8. Climate Change and Ethics 9. Time and Economics 10. Civil Economy: Re-imagining an Ethical Economy

About the author

Khalid Mir is Associate Professor at the Department of Economics at Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS). He received his PhD from The University of Essex with a focus on child labour. He has an MSc from The London School of Economics and Political Science. His current interests lie in the relation between ethics, economics, and the environment.

Summary

This book takes a multi-disciplinary critique of the fundamental and inter-related structuring assumptions that underlie the neo-classical paradigm. It provides insight into understanding human motivations and human flourishing and how a good economy requires reflection on the ethical relations between the self, world, and time.

Product details

• Authors: Khalid Mir, Khalid (Lahore University of Management Scien Mir, Khalid (Lahore University of Management Sciences Mir, Mir Khalid
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.09.2018
• EAN: 9780815395140
• ISBN: 978-0-8153-9514-0
• No. of pages: 238
• Series: Routledge Frontiers of Political Economy; Routledge Frontiers of Political Economy
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / General, Economic theory & philosophy, Ethics & moral philosophy, Political Economy, Ethics and moral philosophy, Development economics & emerging economies, Development economics and emerging economies, Economic theory and philosophy