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- catalog abstract ""With this new book, esteemed economist Leland B. Yeager grounds moral and political philosophy in the requirements of a well-functioning society, one whose members reap the gains from peaceful cooperation while pursuing their own diverse goals." "The book explores the reasons an individual may have for helping to uphold such a society rather than seeking a free ride on the moral behavior of others. A work in the tradition of Hume, Smith, Mill, von Mises, Hayek and Hazlitt, it expounds a rules or indirect version of utilitarianism. It reviews criticisms of utilitarianism in detail, as well as alternative grounds of ethics including contractarianism, rights-based doctrines, and appeals to specific intuitions. Yeager brings the insights of economics to bear on a field usually dominated by philosophers and theologians. Ethics come across as a subject amply open to the findings of economics and the other social and natural sciences." "Economists, philosophers and other students and scholars of the social sciences will welcome this book. It will also appeal to any reader interested in exploring the ideas of ethics."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b12145530.
- catalog created "c2001.".
- catalog date "2001".
- catalog date "c2001.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2001.".
- catalog description ""Economists, philosophers and other students and scholars of the social sciences will welcome this book. It will also appeal to any reader interested in exploring the ideas of ethics."--Jacket.".
- catalog description ""The book explores the reasons an individual may have for helping to uphold such a society rather than seeking a free ride on the moral behavior of others. A work in the tradition of Hume, Smith, Mill, von Mises, Hayek and Hazlitt, it expounds a rules or indirect version of utilitarianism. It reviews criticisms of utilitarianism in detail, as well as alternative grounds of ethics including contractarianism, rights-based doctrines, and appeals to specific intuitions. Yeager brings the insights of economics to bear on a field usually dominated by philosophers and theologians. Ethics come across as a subject amply open to the findings of economics and the other social and natural sciences."".
- catalog description ""With this new book, esteemed economist Leland B. Yeager grounds moral and political philosophy in the requirements of a well-functioning society, one whose members reap the gains from peaceful cooperation while pursuing their own diverse goals."".
- catalog description "Ethics and economics -- Some fundamentals -- Appendix to Chapter 2: Free will and ethics -- Origins of ethics -- The case for indirect utilitarianism -- What counts as utility? -- The alleged problem of aggregation -- Appendix to Chapter 6: Historical reflections on the issue of aggregation -- Is utilitarianism immoral? -- Altruism and self-interest -- Duty and universalizability -- Rivals of utilitarianism -- Law, government, and policy -- Appendix to Chapter 11: Libertarianism and classical liberalism -- Utilitarianism after all.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 301-324) and index.".
- catalog extent "viii, 334 p. ;".
- catalog hasFormat "Ethics as social science.".
- catalog identifier "1840645210".
- catalog isFormatOf "Ethics as social science.".
- catalog isPartOf "New thinking in political economy".
- catalog issued "2001".
- catalog issued "c2001.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Cheltenham, UK ; Northampton, MA : Edward Elgar,".
- catalog relation "Ethics as social science.".
- catalog subject "171/.5 21".
- catalog subject "Economics Moral and ethical aspects.".
- catalog subject "HB72 .Y43 2001".
- catalog subject "Utilitarianism.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Ethics and economics -- Some fundamentals -- Appendix to Chapter 2: Free will and ethics -- Origins of ethics -- The case for indirect utilitarianism -- What counts as utility? -- The alleged problem of aggregation -- Appendix to Chapter 6: Historical reflections on the issue of aggregation -- Is utilitarianism immoral? -- Altruism and self-interest -- Duty and universalizability -- Rivals of utilitarianism -- Law, government, and policy -- Appendix to Chapter 11: Libertarianism and classical liberalism -- Utilitarianism after all.".
- catalog title "Ethics as social science : the moral philosophy of social cooperation / Leland B. Yeager.".
- catalog type "text".