Ethics, argue the contributors to this book, plays an important role in economics. Economists have ethical values that help shape the way they work; economic actors have ethical values that help shape their behavior; and economic institutions and policies affect people differently, so that different ethical evaluations must supplement economic evaluations. In Economics, Ethics, and Public Policy, a host of distinguished philosophers and economists investigates the interaction between ethics and economics, both in economic theory and economic policy. This is a very important book for students and scholars of economics, philosophy, and public policy and for those concerned with the way these fields interrelate.
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All of the essays are of high intellectual caliber. -- Vernon M. Briggs, Jr., Cornell Univeristy * Journal Of Economic Issues * In these essays, twenty distinguished authors urge economists to import an ethical dimension into their work. . . . an invaluable source book. -- Kenneth G. Binmore, University College London * Economic Learning and Social Evolution * This collection of 20 essays challenges the conventional interpretation of economic science as value free. -- R. S. Hewett, Drake University * CHOICE *
Introduction 1(2) Part I: Economists, Value Judgments, and Economic Theory 3(62) Introduction
1. Ethics and the Invisible Hand 7(10) Jerry Evensky The Value Neutrality Debate 17(34)
2. Ethical Values and Economic Theory: A Survey 17(16) Charles K. Wilber Roland Hoksbergen
3. Toward a Better Understanding of the Positive/Normative Distinction in Economics 33(18) Samuel C. Weston Experimental Evidence 51(14)
4. Does Studying Economics Inhibit Cooperation? 51(14) Robert H. Frank Thomas Gilovich Dennis T. Regan Part II: Rationality, Ethics, and the Behavior of Economic Agents 65(46) Human Behavior: The Problem and the Evidence 69(10)
5. Selfishness and Altruism 69(10) Jon Elster Imperfect Information and Strategic Behavior 79(28)
6. Cooperation 79(14) Robyn M. Dawes Richard H. Thaler
7. Trust, Moral Hazards, and Social Economics: Incentives and the Organization of Work 93(14) Charles K. Wilber Behavior, Values, and Economic Policy 107(4)
8. God and the Ghetto 107(4) Glenn C. Loury Part III: Ethical Theories and Theories of Justice 111(106) Consequentialist, Deontological, and Virtue Ethics 119(32)
9. Normative Ethical Theories 119(20) W. David Solomon
10. Toward a Kantian Socio-Economics 139(12) Amitai Etzioni Feminist Ethics 151(24)
11. Feminist Transformations of Moral Theory 151(24) Virginia Held Ethics and Decision Making in an Organization 175(12)
12. Arendts Action Philosophy and the Manager as Eichmann, Richard III, Faust, or Institution Citizen 175(12) Richard P. Nielsen Social Ethics and Theories of Justice 187(30)
13. Social Justice 187(30) James P. Sterba Part IV: Economic Institutions and Ethics 217(136) The Morality of Markets 223(28)
14. The Ethical Limitations of the Market 223(28) Elizabeth Anderson Inter-Generational Responsibilities 251(16)
15. What Do We Owe the Future? 251(16) Paul Streeten Surrogate Motherhood 267(20)
16. Is Womens Labor a Commodity? 267(20) Elizabeth Anderson Discrimination 287(18)
17. Metaphors of Discrimination: A Comparison of Gunnar Myrdal and Gary Becker 287(18) Steven Shulman Developmental Ethics 305(48) David A. Crocker Part V: Economic Policies and Ethics 353(52) Individual Preferences and Pareto Optimality 357(20)
19. The Scope and Limits of Preference Sovereignty 357(20) Tyler Cowen Cost Benefit Analysis 377(28)
20. The Moral Justification of Benefit/Cost Analysis 377(28) Donald C. Hubin Index 405(8) About the Contributors 413
Charles Wilber is professor of economics at the University of Notre Dame. He is the author of many books, including Beyond Reaganomics: A Further Inquiry into the Poverty of Economics and Socialist Models of Development.
