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The "Vanity of the Philosopher" continues the themes introduced in Levy's acclaimed book How the Dismal Science Got Its Name.
Here, Peart and Levy tackle the issues of racism, eugenics, hierarchy, and egalitarianism in classical economics and take a broad view of classical economics' doctrine of human equality. Responding to perennial accusations from the left and the right that the market economy has created either inequality or too much equality, the authors trace the role of the eugenics movement in pulling economics away from the classical economist's respect for the individual toward a more racist view at the turn of the century.
The "Vanity of the Philosopher" reveals the consequences of hierarchy in social science. It shows how the "vanity of the philosopher" has led to recommendations that range from the more benign but still objectionable "looking after" paternalism, to overriding preferences, and, in the extreme, to eliminating purportedly bad preferences. The authors suggest that an approach that abstracts from difference and presumes equal competence is morally compelling.
"People in the know on intellectual history and economics await the next book from Peart and Levy with much the same enthusiasm that greets a new Harry Potter book in the wider world. This book delivers the anticipated delights big time!"
-William Easterly, Professor of Economics and Africana Studies, NYU, and non-resident Senior Fellow, Center for Global Development
"In their customary idiosyncratic manner, Sandra Peart and David Levy reexamine the way in which the views of classical economists on equality and hierarchy were shifted by contact with scholars in other disciplines, and the impact this had on attitudes towards race, immigration, and eugenics. This is an imaginative and solid work of scholarship, with an important historical message and useful lessons for scholars today."
-Stanley Engerman, John Munro Professor of Economics and Professor of History, University of Rochester
Sandra J. Peart, Professor of Economics at Baldwin-Wallace College, has published articles on utilitarianism, the methodology of J. S. Mill, and the transition to neoclassicism. This is her fourth book. David M. Levy is Professor of Economics at George Mason University and Director of the Center for Study of Public Choice. This is his third book.
Here, Peart and Levy tackle the issues of racism, eugenics, hierarchy, and egalitarianism in classical economics and take a broad view of classical economics' doctrine of human equality. Responding to perennial accusations from the left and the right that the market economy has created either inequality or too much equality, the authors trace the role of the eugenics movement in pulling economics away from the classical economist's respect for the individual toward a more racist view at the turn of the century.
The "Vanity of the Philosopher" reveals the consequences of hierarchy in social science. It shows how the "vanity of the philosopher" has led to recommendations that range from the more benign but still objectionable "looking after" paternalism, to overriding preferences, and, in the extreme, to eliminating purportedly bad preferences. The authors suggest that an approach that abstracts from difference and presumes equal competence is morally compelling.
"People in the know on intellectual history and economics await the next book from Peart and Levy with much the same enthusiasm that greets a new Harry Potter book in the wider world. This book delivers the anticipated delights big time!"
-William Easterly, Professor of Economics and Africana Studies, NYU, and non-resident Senior Fellow, Center for Global Development
"In their customary idiosyncratic manner, Sandra Peart and David Levy reexamine the way in which the views of classical economists on equality and hierarchy were shifted by contact with scholars in other disciplines, and the impact this had on attitudes towards race, immigration, and eugenics. This is an imaginative and solid work of scholarship, with an important historical message and useful lessons for scholars today."
-Stanley Engerman, John Munro Professor of Economics and Professor of History, University of Rochester
Sandra J. Peart, Professor of Economics at Baldwin-Wallace College, has published articles on utilitarianism, the methodology of J. S. Mill, and the transition to neoclassicism. This is her fourth book. David M. Levy is Professor of Economics at George Mason University and Director of the Center for Study of Public Choice. This is his third book.
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Sandra J. Peart, Professor of Economics at Baldwin-Wallace College, has published articles on Utilitarianism, the methodology of J.S. Mill, and the transition to neoclassicism. This is her fourth book. David M. Levy is Professor of Economics at George Mason University and a research associate at the Center for the Study of Public Choice. This is his third book.
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That political economy in the classical tradition rightly presupposed human homogeneity and consequently rejected hierarchical presuppositions of any sort is an underlying theme of this work. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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James Hunt, Anthropological Society, Open Society, John Stuart Mill, Francis Galton, Karl Pearson, Negro's Place, Charles Kingsley, Herbert Spencer, Charles Darwin, Golden Rule of Christianity, James Mill, Origin of Species, Thomas Carlyle, American Civil War, Anthropological Review, British Association, Descent of Man, Diva Nicotina, Governor Eyre, Great Britain, Irish Fenian, Jamaica Committee, John Ruskin, Negro Question New!
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That political economy in the classical tradition rightly presupposed human homogeneity and consequently rejected hierarchical presuppositions of any sort is an underlying theme of this work. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
sympathetic tendencies, classical economists, street porter, hierarchical thinking Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
James Hunt, Anthropological Society, Open Society, John Stuart Mill, Francis Galton, Karl Pearson, Negro's Place, Charles Kingsley, Herbert Spencer, Charles Darwin, Golden Rule of Christianity, James Mill, Origin of Species, Thomas Carlyle, American Civil War, Anthropological Review, British Association, Descent of Man, Diva Nicotina, Governor Eyre, Great Britain, Irish Fenian, Jamaica Committee, John Ruskin, Negro Question New!
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Front Cover | Front Flap | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Flap | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- The Wealth of Nations (Bantam Classics) by Adam Smith on 12 pages
- The Theory of Moral Sentiments (Great Books in Philosophy) by Adam Smith on 9 pages
- The Origin Of Species: 150th Anniversary Edition by Charles Darwin on 7 pages
- Natural Selection (Phoenix 60p paperbacks) by Charles Darwin on 6 pages
- The Descent of Man (Great Minds Series) by Charles Darwin on 5 pages
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