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Economics And The Virtues: Building A New Moral Foundation University Press Scholarship Online by Jennifer A Baker; Mark D White; Christian U Becker; Tim O'Keefe; James R Otteson; Michael Baurmann; Geoffrey Brennan; Eric Schliesser; Andrew M Yuengert; Christine Swanton; David C Rose; Seung 'Ginny' Choi; Virgil Henry Storr; Jason Brennan is a book available to read on EtoBox.

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While ethics has been an integral part of economics since the days of Adam Smith (if not Aristotle), many modern economists dismiss ethical concerns in favor of increasing formal mathematical and computational methods. But recent financial crises in the real world have reignited discussions of the importance of ethics to economics, including growing calls for a new approach to incorporating moral philosophy in economic theory, practice, and policy. Ironically, it is the ethics of virtue advocated by Aristotle and Adam Smith that may lead to the most promising way to developing an economics that emphasizes the virtues, character, and judgment of the agents it models. In Economics and the Virtues, editors Jennifer A. Baker and Mark D. White have brought together fifteen leading scholars in economics and philosophy to offer fresh perspectives on integrating virtue into economics. The first section covers five major thinkers and schools in the virtue tradition, tracing historical connections and suggesting new areas of cooperation. The second section applies the ethics of virtue to modern economic theory, delving into its current practices and methodology to suggest areas for integrati

Author

Jennifer A Baker; Mark D White; Christian U Becker; Tim O'Keefe; James R Otteson; Michael Baurmann; Geoffrey Brennan; Eric Schliesser; Andrew M Yuengert; Christine Swanton; David C Rose; Seung 'Ginny' Choi; Virgil Henry Storr; Jason Brennan

Publisher

OUP Oxford

Published

2016

Language

EN

ISBN

9780191005091

Subjects

Economics, Business