Freedom in Economics: New Perspectives in Normative Analysis

by Fleurbaey; Marc

• ISBN13: 9780415154680
• ISBN10: 0415154685
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1997-12-24
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

This selection of papers considers the definition and value of liberty, freedom in rights and equality of opportunity. They were originally presented at the international conference on Ethics and Economics of Liberty held June 1995 when economists and philosophers met to compare their ideas about various issues related to the introduction of freedom into the theoretical apparatus of normative economics. It is edited by a team of French economists, philosophers and political scientists, but contributors include authors from Belgium, the Netherlands and the US.

Author Biography

Richard Arneson: Department of Philosophy, University of California, San Diego, USA. Walter Bossert: Department of Economics, University of Waterloo, Canada. Anne Brunel: Centre de Recherches en Economie Mathematique et Econometrie, Universite de Caen, France. Kurt Devooght: Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium. Marc Fleurbaey: THEMA, Department of Economics, Universite de Cergy-Pontoise, France. Louis Gevers: Facultes Universitaires Notre Dame de la Paix, Namur, Belgium. Nicolas Gravel: THEMA, Department of Economics, Universite de Cergy-Pontoise, France. Peter J. Hammond: Department of Economics, Stanford University, California, USA. Daniel M. Hausman: Department of Philosophy, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA. Serge-Christophe Kolm: Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, Paris, France. Jean-Francois Laslier: THEMA, Universite de Cergy-Pontoise, and CNRS, France. Bezalel Peleg: Department of Economics, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA. Emmanuel Picavet: UFR de Philosophie, Universite Paris I (Pantheon-Sorbonne). Clemens Puppe: Institut fur Wirtschaftswissenschaften, University of Vienna, Austria. John E. Roemer: Department of Economics, University of California, Davis, USA. Maurice Salles: Centre de Recherches en Economie Mathematique et Econometrie, Universite de Caen, France. Erik Schokkaert: Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium. Alain Trannoy: THEMA, Department of Economics, Universite de Cergy-Pontoise, France. Dirk Van de Gaer: Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium. Philippe Van Parijs: IRES, Universite Catholique de Louvain, France. Antonio Villar: Department of Economics, University of Alicante, Spain.

Table of Contents

List of contributors	ix
INTRODUCTION AND OVERVIEW	1	(16)
Marc Fleurbaey
Nicolas Gravel
Jean-Francois Laslier
Alain Trannoy
Part I Liberty	17	(84)
1 THE VALUES OF FREEDOM	17	(28)
Serge-Christophe Kolm
2 LIBERTY AND ITS VALUE	45	(4)
Daniel M. Hausman
3 INDIVIDUAL FREEDOM AND SOCIAL CHOICE	49	(20)
Clemens Puppe
4 FREEDOM OF CHOICE AND INDIVIDUAL PREFERENCES: A COMMENT ON CLEMENS PUPPE'S `INDIVIDUAL FREEDOM AND SOCIAL CHOICE'	69	(7)
Nicolas Gravel
Jean-Francois Laslier
Alain Trannoy
5 INDIVIDUAL FREEDOM OF CHOICE IN A SOCIAL SETTING	76	(17)
Nicolas Gravel
Jean-Francois Laslier
Alain Trannoy
6 IMPERSONAL VERSUS OBJECTIVIST CONCEPTIONS OF FREEDOM: A COMMENT ON `INDIVIDUAL FREEDOM OF CHOICE IN A SOCIAL SETTING'	93	(8)
Clemens Puppe
Part II Rights	101	(64)
7 INTERPRETATIVE, SEMANTIC AND FORMAL DIFFICULTIES OF THE SOCIAL CHOICE RULE APPROACH TO RIGHTS	101	(11)
Anne Brunel
Maurice Salles
8 DIFFICULTIES WITH THE SOCIAL CHOICE RULE APPROACH TO RIGHTS: SOME COMMENTS ON BRUNEL AND SALLES	112	(4)
Peter J. Hammond
9 EFFECTIVITY FUNCTIONS, GAME FORMS, GAMES AND RIGHTS	116	(17)
Bezalel Peleg
10 RIGHTS AND POWERS: REFLECTIONS ON BEZALEL PELEG'S THEORY OF EFFECTIVITY FUNCTIONS, GAME FORMS, GAMES AND RIGHTS	133	(6)
Emmanuel Picavet
11 RIGHTS, FREE EXCHANGE AND WIDESPREAD EXTERNALITIES	139	(19)
Peter J. Hammond
12 A COMMENT ON `RIGHTS, EXCHANGE AND EXTERNALITIES'	158	(7)
Antonio Villar
Part III Opportunities	165	(120)
13 REAL FREEDOM AND DISTRIBUTIVE JUSTICE	165	(32)
Richard Arneson
14 JUSTICE AS THE FAIR DISTRIBUTION OF FREEDOM: FETISHISM OR STOICISM?	197	(9)
Philippe Van Parijs
15 EQUALITY AMONG RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS	206	(29)
Marc Fleurbaey
16 EQUALITY VERSUS WHAT?	235	(6)
Louis Gevers
17 EQUAL OPPORTUNITY FOR HEALTH: PAYING THE COSTS OF SMOKING-INDUCED LUNG CANCER	241	(11)
John E. Roemer
18 SOME TRADE-OFFS IN ROEMER'S MECHANISM	252	(5)
Dirk Van de Gaer
19 THE EMPIRICAL ACCEPTANCE OF COMPENSATION AXIOMS	257	(25)
Erik Schokkaert
Kurt Devooght
20 COMMENTS ON `THE EMPIRICAL ACCEPTANCE OF COMPENSATION AXIOMS'	282	(3)
Walter Bossert
Subject index	285	(12)
Name index	297