ABSTRACT

In December 1994, social scientists from the fields of economics, philosophy, political science and anthropology attended a workshop to discuss the current state of the economics-ethics nexus by way of examining both past and contemporary practice.
The proceedings of this conference presented a wide variety of attitudes and included an examination of economics and ethics:
* from an economist's and a philosopher's perspective
* in order to assess the contemporary implications of the relationship
* in the late 19th century against the background of a long utilitarian tradition
This is a set of stimulating reflections by practitioners - including Chen Liew Ten, Bob Coats and Geoffrey Brennan - on the tricky associations between economics and ethics.

chapter 1|14 pages

INTRODUCTION

chapter 2|19 pages

ETHICS AND ECONOMICS

An Economist’s View

chapter 3|12 pages

ETHICS AND ECONOMICS

A Philosopher’s View

chapter 4|22 pages

FROM DIVINE CORPORATION TO A SYSTEM OF JUSTICE: ADVENTURES IN INDIVIDUAL MOTIVATION AND SOCIAL OUTCOME, WITH

Adventures in Individual Motivation and Social Outcome, With Hutcheson, Hume and Smith

chapter |12 pages

Comment ETHICS, COMMERCE AND GOVERNMENT

The Scottish School

chapter |18 pages

Comment NO MATTER OF REGRET

The Cambridge Critique(s) of Jevons’s ‘Hedonics’

chapter 6|17 pages

THE ECONOMISTS APPROACH TO ETHICS

A Late Twentieth Century View