1st Edition

The Morality of Economic Behaviour Economics as Ethics

By Vangelis Chiotis Copyright 2021
112 Pages
by Routledge

112 Pages
by Routledge

112 Pages
by Routledge

The links between self-interest and morality have been examined in moral philosophy since Plato. Economics is a mostly value-free discipline, having lost its original ethical dimension as described by Adam Smith. Examining moral philosophy through the framework provided by economics offers new insights into both disciplines and the discussion on the origins and nature of morality. The Morality... Read more
Chapter 1 – Introduction
Chapter 2 – Rational Morality in Economics
Chapter 3 – Moral Economics: Constrained Maximisation
Chapter 4 – Sociability
Chapter 5 – Intertemporality
Chapter 6 – Information Symmetry
Chapter 7 – Ethics, Justice and Profit

Biography

Vangelis Chiotis is a Lecturer at Glasgow Caledonian University, UK.