Positive Ethics in Economics

Informationen zum Autor Damien Bazin In volume 14 of the distinguished Praxiology series, editors Jrme Ballet and Damien Bain examine the concept of positive ethics in economics. Positive ethics is first and foremost a model for the construction of theoretical economic reasoning reflecting on ethical practices within economics and introducing a model of reasoning that takes individual ethical behavior and its aftereffects into account. Divided into three parts, in Altruism, the contributors discuss the notion of unselfish concern for the welfare of other, and its place in economic practice, in Commitment, the authors discuss reason as being central to economic theory as well as the position of ethical behavior, and in Responsibility, the idea that man is not an island unto himself but a being involved in a set of relationships, is examined. If a person is simultaneously responsible for himself and others, then how far does his responsibility extend? Zusammenfassung Economics is often accused of being "a-ethical"--lacking a moral perspective--if not altogether immoral Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; One: Altruism; On the Concept of Altruism 1; Methodological Aspects of Altruism in Economics; Cooperation and Reciprocity; Two: Commitment; Beyond Altruism: Commitment?; The Ideal Observer: A Figure of Economic Theory; Kantian Economics: Retrospect and Prospect 1; Three: Responsibility; For a Positive Analysis of Responsibility and Duty; The Economic Person and Responsibility; Some Reflections on Responsibility and Happiness in Economics

Summary

Economics is often accused of being "a-ethical"--lacking a moral perspective--if not altogether immoral

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• Authors: Jerome Bazin Ballet
• Assisted by: Jerome Ballet (Editor), Jérôme Ballet (Editor), Damien Bazin (Editor), Bazin Damien (Editor)
• Publisher: Transaction Publishers
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.08.2006
• EAN: 9780765803252
• ISBN: 978-0-7658-0325-2
• No. of pages: 261
• Series: Praxiology; Praxiology
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Social sciences, law, business > Business > General, dictionaries; PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / Theory, Economic theory & philosophy, Ethics & moral philosophy, Ethics and moral philosophy, Economic theory and philosophy