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Ethics as Social Science: The Moral Philosophy of Social Cooperation (New Thinking in Political Economy series)
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This book explores the reasons an individual may have for helping to uphold such a society rather than seeking a free ride on the moral behavior of others. A work in the tradition of Hume, Smith, Mill, von Mises, Hayek and Hazlitt, it expounds a rules or indirect version of utilitarianism. It reviews criticisms of utilitarianism in detail, as well as alternative grounds of ethics including contractarianism, rights-based doctrines, and appeals to specific intuitions. Yeager brings the insights of economics to bear on a field usually dominated by philosophers and theologians. Ethics comes across as a subject amply open to the findings of economics and the other social and natural sciences.
Economists, philosophers and other students and scholars of the social sciences will welcome this book. It will also appeal to any reader interested in exploring the ideas of ethics.
- ISBN-101843760428
- ISBN-13978-1843760429
- PublisherEdward Elgar Publishing
- Publication dateMarch 29, 2002
- LanguageEnglish
- Dimensions6 x 0.75 x 9 inches
- Print length352 pages
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'. . . an illuminating book, informed by careful thought and wide-ranging scholarship.' -- David Gordon, The Mises Review
'Economics claims to be a science of choice and its unintended consequences, but economists sneak moral judgments in through the back door. Ethics, on the other hand, often falters on the stilts of weak economic theories and assumptions. The result - economics without ethics is often sterile, and ethics without economics is often incoherent. Severed from one another, each can be dangerously misleading, and each misses the opportunity to better understand the economic and moral complexity behind social cooperation. Ethics as Social Science helps reconcile the two disciplines, and represents years of seasoned, careful thinking on the topic. Using clear, straightforward language, Yeager argues that economists should be alert to their ethical positions, rather than preach tacitly behind the mask of social welfare analysis and the like. Calling for a comparative institutional analysis, Yeager himself advances an argument in favor of an indirect or rule utilitarianism, one that is sure to unleash debate among libertarians, classical liberals, and defenders of mainstream welfare economics, and among moral philosophers who follow the present state of economic theory.' -- David L. Prychitko, Northern Michigan University, US
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- Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
- Publication date : March 29, 2002
- Language : English
- Print length : 352 pages
- ISBN-10 : 1843760428
- ISBN-13 : 978-1843760429
- Item Weight : 1.2 pounds
- Dimensions : 6 x 0.75 x 9 inches
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