Essays on philosophy, politics and economics : integration and common research projects /
Christi Favor, Gerald Gaus and Julian Lamont
- Stanford : Stanford University Press, 2010
- xii, 376 p. 23 cm
This volume brings together distinguished philosophers with interdisciplinary expertise to show how the resources of philosophy can be employed in the tasks of evaluating economics and fostering policy debates. Contributors offer analyses of basic ideas in economics such as the notion of efficiency, economic man incentives, self-interest, and utility maximization.They discuss key concepts in political theory such as desert, compensation, autonomy, equality, consent or fairness.
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Economics--Moral and ethical aspects Economics--Philosophy. Political ethics Political science--Philosophy