Words, Objects and Events in Economics: The Making of Economic Theory (1st ed. 2021) (Virtues and Economics #6)

By: Peter Róna and László Zsolnai and Agnieszka Wincewicz-Price

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Synopsis: This open access book examines from a variety of perspectives the disappearance of moral content and ethical judgment from the models employed in the formulation of modern economic theory, and some of the papers contain important proposals about how moral judgment could be reintroduced in economic theory. The chapters collected in this volume result from the favorable reception of the first volume of the Virtues in Economics series and represent further contributions to the themes set out in that volume: (i) examining the philosophical and methodological fallacies of this turn in modern economic theory that the removal of the moral motivation of economic agents from modern economic theory has entailed; and (ii) proposing a return descriptive economics as the means with which the moral content of economic life could be restored in economic theory.This book is of interest to researchers and students of the methodology of economics, ethics, philosophers concerned with agency and economists who build economic models that rest in the intention of the agent.

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
ISBN-13:: 9783030526733
Related ISBNs:: 9783030526726
Publisher:: Springer International Publishing
Date of Addition:: 03/15/24
Copyrighted By:: The Editor
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: History, Nonfiction, Science, Business and Finance, Social Studies, Law, Legal Issues and Ethics, Philosophy
Submitted By:: Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.
Edited by:: Peter Róna
Edited by:: László Zsolnai
Edited by:: Agnieszka Wincewicz-Price