Economics and Ethics An Introduction

by Wilber, Charles K.; Dutt, Amitava

• ISBN13: 9780230575950
• ISBN10: 0230575951
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2010-05-15
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Summary

This book provides an introduction to the relationship between economics and ethics, explaining why ethics enters economics, how ethics affects individual economic behavior and the interactions of individuals, and how ethics is important in evaluating the performance of economies and of economic policies.

Author Biography

CHARLES K. WILBER is Professor Emeritus of Economics and Fellow, Joan B. Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, University of Notre Dame. He has written extensively on economic development, economic methodology, and economic ethics. His books include The Soviet Model and Underdeveloped Countries, An Inquiry into the Poverty of Economics, and Economics, Ethics and Public Policy (ed.).

AMITAVA KRISHNA DUTT is Professor of Economics and Fellow of the Kellogg Institute of International Studies and the Kroc Institute of International Peace Studies. He is the author or editor of several books, including Growth, distribution and uneven development (1990) and International Handbook of Development Economics (2008, co-editor) and numerous scholarly economics journals and edited volumes.

Table of Contents

List of Figures and Tables	p. viii
Preface	p. ix
Introduction and Background
Introduction	p. 3
Economics Without Ethics?	p. 17
Approaches to Ethics and Justice	p. 35
Ethical Values, Individual Behavior, and Social Interactions
Individuals, Norms, and Ethical Values	p. 59
Social Interactions and Ethical Values	p. 79
Markets and Ethical Values	p. 95
Ethical Issues for Evaluating Economies and Economic Policy Analysis
The Morality of Markets and Government Intervention	p. 117
Individual Preferences, Efficiency, and Cost-Benefit Analysis	p. 141
Production, Income, and Economic Growth	p. 158
Fairness, Distribution, and Equality	p. 175
Applications and Conclusion
Ethics and Applied Economics	p. 205
Conclusion	p. 230
Notes	p. 235
References	p. 250
Index	p. 259
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