1st Edition

Ethics and Economics New perspectives

Edited By Mark D. White, Irene van Staveren Copyright 2010
258 Pages
by Routledge

258 Pages
by Routledge

264 Pages
by Routledge

Since the days of Adam Smith, ethics and economics have been closely intertwined, and were nominally separated only with the advent of neoclassical economics in the beginning of the last century. This book features eleven essays by leading scholars in economics and philosophy who argue for a renewal of the bond between the two disciplines. Several of the contributors argue that the ethical... Read more

1. Introduction  Irene van Staveren, Radboud University Nijmegen and Institute of Social Studies, The Netherlands, and Mark D. White, College of Staten Island/CUNY, USA

2. The 'Dismal Science' - Still? Economics and Human Flourishing  Mark A. Lutz, University of Maine, USA

3. Communitarianism and the Market: A Paradox  Irene van Staveren, Radboud University Nijmegen and Institute of Social Studies, The Netherlands

4. Not by P Alone: A Virtuous Economy  Deirdre N. McCloskey, University of Illinois at Chicago, USA, and Academia Vitae, The Netherlands

5. Virtue and Behavior  Jennifer A. Baker, College of Charleston, USA

6. Freedom, Values and Sen: Towards a Morally Enriched Classical Economic Theory  Vivian Walsh, Muhlenberg College, USA

7. Pareto, Consent, and Respect for Dignity: A Kantian Perspective  Mark D. White, College of Staten Island/CUNY, USA

8. Identity and individual economic agents: A narrative approach  John B. Davis, Marquette University, USA, and University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands

9. Adam Smith on Instincts, Affection, and Informal Learning: Proximate Mechanisms in Multilevel Selection  Jonathan Wight, University of Richmond, USA

10. Two Views of Corruption and Democracy  Mozaffar Qizilbash, University of York, UK

11. From 'Hume's Law' to Problem- and Policy-Analysis for Human Development. Sen after Dewey, Myrdal, Streeten, Stretton and Haq  Des Gasper, Institute of Social Studies, The Netherlands

12. The Efficiency of Equity  Stephen Klasen, University of Göttingen, Germany

Biography

Mark D. White is Professor in the Department of Political Science, Economics, and Philosophy, at the College of Staten Island/CUNY.

Irene van Staveren is Professor of Economics and Christian Ethics, Radboud University Nijmegen, and Associate Professor of Feminist Development Economics, Institute of Social Studies.