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      Ethics and Economics

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      Ethics and Economics book

      An Introduction to Free Markets, Equality and Happiness

      Ethics and Economics

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      Ethics and Economics book

      An Introduction to Free Markets, Equality and Happiness
      ByJohan Graafland
      Edition 1st Edition
      First Published 2021
      eBook Published 30 September 2021
      Pub. Location London
      Imprint Routledge
      DOI https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003181835
      Pages 270
      eBook ISBN 9781003181835
      Subjects Economics, Finance, Business & Industry, Humanities
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      Graafland, J. (2021). Ethics and Economics: An Introduction to Free Markets, Equality and Happiness (1st ed.). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003181835

      ABSTRACT

      This textbook applies economic ethics to evaluate the free market system and enables students to examine the impact of free markets using the three main ethical approaches: utilitarianism, principle-based ethics and virtue ethics.

      Ethics and Economics systematically links empirical research to these ethical questions, with a focus on the core topics of happiness, inequality and virtues. Each chapter offers a recommended further reading list. The final chapter provides a practical method for applying the different ethical approaches to morally evaluate an economic policy proposal and an example of the methodology being applied to a real-life policy.

      This book will give students a clear theoretical and methodological toolkit for analyzing the ethics of market policies, making it a valuable resource for courses on economic ethics and economic philosophy.

      TABLE OF CONTENTS

      chapter 1|11 pages

      Introduction

      part Part I|49 pages

      Free markets, welfare and happiness

      chapter 2|16 pages

      Utilitarianism

      chapter 3|15 pages

      Three economic perspectives on the ‘good’ market system 1

      chapter 4|15 pages

      Free markets, welfare and happiness

      Empirical research

      part Part II|62 pages

      Free markets, rights and inequality

      chapter 5|20 pages

      The ethics of duties and rights

      chapter 6|26 pages

      The ethics of justice

      chapter 7|14 pages

      Free markets, rights and inequality

      Empirical research

      part Part III|74 pages

      Free markets, virtues and happiness

      chapter 8|22 pages

      Virtue ethics and care ethics

      chapter 9|21 pages

      Adam Smith on markets, virtues and happiness

      chapter 10|28 pages

      Markets, virtues and happiness

      Empirical research

      part Part IV|28 pages

      Consolidation and integration

      chapter 11|8 pages

      Liberalism and communitarianism

      chapter 12|18 pages

      The morality of free markets

      Integration and application
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