On Ethics and Economics

On Ethics and Economics

Sen's contributions to economics and ethics have greatly strengthened the theoretical bases of both disciplines: this appraisal of the connections between the two subjects and their possible development will be welcomed for the clarity and depth it contributes to the debate. These essays are based on the Royer Lectures delivered at the University of California, Berkeley.

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Amartya Sen, geb. in Santiniketan, Indien, ist Professor in Harvard und war Master des Trinity College in Cambridge. 1998 erhielt er den Nobelpreis für Ökonomie und im November 2007 den Meister-Eckhart-Preis.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword: John M. Letiche.
Preface.
1. Economic Behaviour and Moral Sentiments.
Two Origins.
Achievements and Weakness.
Economic Behaviour and Rationality.
Rationality as Consistency.
Self-interest and Rational Behaviour.
Adam Smith and Self-interest.
2. Economic Judgements and Moral Philosophy.
Interpersonal Comparisons of Utility.
Pareto Optimality and Economic Efficiency.
Utility, Pareto Optimality and Welfarism.
Well-being and Agency.
Valuing and Value.
Agency and Well-being: Distinction and Interdependence.
Utility and Well-being.
Achievements, Freedom and Rights.
Self-interest and Welfare Economics.
Rights and Freedom.
3. Freedom and Consequences.
Well-being, Agency and Freedom.
Plurality and Evaluation.
Incompletenes and Overcompleteness.
Conflicts and Impasse.
Rights and Consequence.
Consequential Assessment and Deontology.
Ethics and Economics.
Welfare, Goals and Choices.
Conduct, Ethics and Economics.
References.
Author Index.
Subject Index.