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Value in Ethics and Economics / Elizabeth Anderson

Main Author Anderson, Elizabeth Edition 2.ª ed. Publication Cambridge : Harvard University Press, cop.1993 Description XIV, 245 p., [1] f. ISBN 0674931904 Abstract Índice: 1. Pluralist theory of value; 2. an expressive theory of rational action; 3. Pluralism and incommensurable goods; 4. Self-Understanding, the hierarchy of values, and moral constraints; 5. Criticism, justification, and common sense; 6. Monistic theories of value; 7. The ethical limitations of the market; 8. Is women's labor commodity?; 9. Cost-Benefit analysis, safety, and environmental.
Resumo: In this book, Elizabeth Anderson offers a new theory of value and rationality that rejects cost-benefit analysis in our social lives and in our ethical theories. This account of the plurality of values thus offers a new approach, beyond welfare economics and traditional theories of justice, for assessing the ethical limitations of the market. In this light, Anderson discusses several contemporary controversies involving the proper scope of the market, including commercial surrogate motherhood, privatization of public services, and the application of cost-benefit analysis to issues of environmental protection.
Topical name Psicologia
Ética empresarial
CDU 174
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Índice: 1. Pluralist theory of value; 2. an expressive theory of rational action; 3. Pluralism and incommensurable goods; 4. Self-Understanding, the hierarchy of values, and moral constraints; 5. Criticism, justification, and common sense; 6. Monistic theories of value; 7. The ethical limitations of the market; 8. Is women's labor commodity?; 9. Cost-Benefit analysis, safety, and environmental.

Resumo: In this book, Elizabeth Anderson offers a new theory of value and rationality that rejects cost-benefit analysis in our social lives and in our ethical theories. This account of the plurality of values thus offers a new approach, beyond welfare economics and traditional theories of justice, for assessing the ethical limitations of the market. In this light, Anderson discusses several contemporary controversies involving the proper scope of the market, including commercial surrogate motherhood, privatization of public services, and the application of cost-benefit analysis to issues of environmental protection.

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