Economic analysis, moral philosophy, and public policy /

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Author / Creator:Hausman, Daniel M., 1947-
Edition:2nd ed.
Imprint:New York : Cambridge University Press, 2006.
Description:x, 342 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Language:English
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Format: E-Resource Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/6247308
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Other authors / contributors:McPherson, Michael S.
ISBN:9780521846295 (hardback)
0521846293 (hardback)
9780521608664 (paperback)
052160866X (paperback)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (p. 315-333) and index.
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Ethics and economics�
  • 2. Normative economics: two examples
  • 3. How ethics matters to positive economics: two examples
  • Part I. Rationality and Morality
  • 4. Rationality
  • 5. Rationality in positive and normative economics
  • 6. Rationality, norms, and morality
  • Part II. Welfare and Consequences
  • 7. Utilitarianism and consequentialism
  • 8. Welfare
  • 9. Efficiency
  • Part III. Liberty, Rights, and Libertarianism
  • 11. Equality and egalitarianism
  • 12. Justice and contractualism
  • Part IV. Moral Mathematics
  • 13. Social choice and theory
  • 14. Game theory
  • 15. Pollution transfers and school vouchers - normative economics reconsidered
  • 16. Economics and ethics, hand in hand
  • Appendix
  • Glossary
  • References