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 by a new introduction. This book examines some of the practical issues that lie between economics and ethics, and shows how utility theory can contribute to ethics, as many economic problems are also ethical problems. Professor Broome raises some fundamental questions about economic equality, preserving the environment, and the allocation of medical resources, and powerfully shows how economic methods can contribute to moral philosophy.
CONTENTS
Preface page
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
CONTENTS
Preface page
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
Páginas : 276
Peso : 1mb.
Formato : PDF.
Edición : Primera
Año de Publicación :1999
ISBN : 978-0521644914
Editorial : Cambridge University
Autor:John Broome
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