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Ethics out of Economics.

Broome, John.

Ethics out of Economics.

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Ethics out of Economics.
Author:	Broome, John.
Published:	Cambridge :Cambridge University Press,1999.
Description:	277 p.
Subject:	Economics - Moral and ethical aspects.
Online resource:	Click here to view book
ISBN:	9780511605888 (electronic bk.)

Ethics out of Economics.
Broome, John.

Ethics out of Economics.[electronic resource]. - Cambridge :Cambridge University Press,1999. - 277 p.

Preliminaries; Contents; Preface; 1 Introduction: ethics out of economics; 2 ‘Utility’; 3 Extended preferences; 4 Discounting the future; 5 Can a Humean be moderate?; 6 Bolker–Jeffrey expected utility theory and axiomatic utilitarianism; 7 Fairness; 8 Is incommensurability vagueness?; 9 Incommensurable values; 10 Goodness is reducible to betterness: the evil of death is the value of life; 11 Trying to value a life; 12 Structured and unstructured valuation; 13 Qalys; 14 The value of living; 15 The value of a person; Notes; Bibliography; Index

John Broome's work has always combined sophisticated economic and philosophical expertise, and Ethics Out of Economics brings together some of his most important essays, augmented with a new introduction. This book examines some fundamental practical issues, and shows powerfully how economic methods can contribute to moral philosophy.

Electronic reproduction.

Available via World Wide Web.

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

ISBN: 9780511605888 (electronic bk.)Subjects--Topical Terms:

322497
Economics - Moral and ethical aspects.
Index Terms--Genre/Form:

214472
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: HB72 .B758 1999eb

Dewey Class. No.: 330.01

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