The ethical foundations of economics /
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| Author / Creator: | Piderit, John J. |
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| Imprint: | Washington, D.C : Georgetown University Press, 1993. |
| Description: | xxi, 339 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/1413784 |
Table of Contents:
- Preface
- 1. Introduction
- 1.1. Ethical Judgments
- 1.1.1. Faith and Human Reason
- 1.1.2. The Structure of Ethical Judgments
- 1.1.3. Casuistry
- 1.2. Ethics And Economics
- 1.2.1. Definitions
- 1.2.2. Private Ethical Norms and Rational Analysis
- 1.2.3. Schools of Economics
- 2. Approximating the Real World
- 2.1. Status Quaestionis Or What Is At Issue?
- 2.2. The Correct Level Of Abstraction
- 2.2.1. How Economics Abstracts from the Real World
- 2.2.2. How Ethics Abstracts from the Real World
- 2.3. Contrast In Methodologies
- 2.3.1. Economics as a Quasi-Science
- 2.3.2. Ethics and Experience
- 2.3.3. Dialectical Reasoning
- 2.4. Economic Facts, Economic Models, And Ethical Principles
- 2.5. Politics
- 3. Fundamental Values
- 3.1. Economic Lacunae
- 3.2. Ethical Systems
- 3.3. Values
- 3.4. Fundamental Values
- 3.4.1. Seven Fundamental Values
- 3.4.2. Private and Public Knowledge and Truth
- 3.4.3. Acting Against a Fundamental Value
- 3.4.4. Four Personal Principles of Justice
- 4. Other Values and Traditions
- 4.1. Observations About Certain Fundamental Values
- 4.2. Objections
- 4.3. Human Nature
- 4.4. Hierarchy Within Each Fundamental Value
- 4.5. Values In A Pluralist Society
- 4.6. Ordinary Economic Decisions And The Fundamental Values
- 4.7. Fundamental Values By Tradition Or Assumption
- 5. Principles of Justice I: Efficiency, Subsidiarity, and Freedom
- 5.1. Implications Of Practical Reasonableness
- 5.1.1. The Principle of Efficiency
- 5.1.2. The Principle of Subsidiarity
- 5.1.3. The Family
- 5.1.4. Choosing a Life Plan
- 5.1.5. Emphasizing Certain Fundamental Values
- 5.1.6. Free Choice
- 5.1.7. Required Goods and the Noncontrary Principle
- 5.2. Criteria For Ethically Responsible Production
- 5.3. Connectedness
- 5.3.1. Common Understandings and Individual Conscience
- 5.3.2. The Principle of Freedom
- 6. Principles of Justice II: Distribution, Responsibility, and Impartiality
- 6.1. The Principle Of Distribution
- 6.1.1. The Rawlsian Approach
- 6.1.2. Arguments Against Redistribution
- 6.1.3. The Economy as a Fair Game
- 6.1.4. Arguments for Redistribution
- 6.2. Objectivity And Subjectivity
- 6.2.1. The Principle of Relatedness
- 6.2.2. The Principle of Impartiality
- 6.3. The Six Social Principles Of Justice
- 6.4. Too Many Principles Of Justice?
- 7. The Ethics of Maximizing Behavior
- 7.1. The Fundamental Theorem Of Welfare Economics
- 7.1.1. Efficiency as Defined by Economists
- 7.1.2. The Fundamental Theorem in a Graph
- 7.2. Ethical Implications Of Maximizing Behavior
- 7.2.1. Profit Maximization
- 7.2.2. Utility Maximization
- 7.2.3. Cutthroat Competition
- 8. Greed, Envy, and the Desire for Status
- 8.1. Greed And Envy
- 8.2. Status
- 8.2.1. Macrostatus and Microstatus
- 8.2.2. The Economic and Ethical Significance of Status
- 8.3. The Prisoner's Dilemma And Status
- 8.3.1. The Traditional Prisoner's Dilemma
- 8.3.2. The Dilemma Caused by Status and Envy
- 9. Conclusion
- 9.1. Institutions
- 9.2. The Neoclassical System
- 9.3. Competing Moral Traditions
- 9.4. Modulating Desires
- 9.5. Tempering Maximization Of Profits And Personal Welfare
- Appendix A. Pareto Optimality in a Diagram
- Appendix B. Neoclassical Utility and the Fundamental Values: A Mathematical Comparison
- Notes
- Notes For Chapter 1
- Notes For Chapter 2
- Notes For Chapter 3
- Notes For Chapter 4
- Notes For Chapter 5
- Notes For Chapter 6
- Notes For Chapter 7
- Notes For Chapter 8
- Notes For Chapter 9
- Notes For Appendix A
- Notes For Appendix B
- Bibliography