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A History of Homo Economicus The Nature of the Moral in Economic Theory
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A key issue in economic discourse today is the relation (or lack of it) between economic behaviour and morality. Few (presumably) would want to deny that human beings are in some sense moral or ethical creatures, but the devil is in the detail. Should we think of economic behaviour as an essentially amoral process – a process adequately characterised by a means-ends rationality – into which any... Read more
1. Ways of Being Moral 2. The Idea of Homo Economicus 3. The Modern Commonwealth 4. Economic Behaviour and the Moral Sentiments 5. Cover Stories 6. Hobbesworld
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William Dixon, David Wilson
