On Ethics and Economics

基本信息

Format:Paperback / softback 148 pages

Publisher:John Wiley and Sons Ltd

Imprint:Wiley-Blackwell (an imprint of John Wiley & Sons L

ISBN:9780631164012

Published: 9 Feb 1989

Classifications:Ethics & moral philosophy, Welfare & benefit systems, Economic theory & philosophy

Readership:Professional & Vocational Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Undergraduate

Weight:202g

Dimensions:216 x 140 x 12 (mm)

Pub. Country:United Kingdom

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阿瑪蒂亞·森(Amartya Sen)在本書中提出了這一優雅的批評，他認為福利經濟學與現代倫理研究之間的更密切聯繫可以實質性地豐富這兩門學科，並使其受益。他進一步指出，即使是預測和描述經濟學，也可以通過在解釋行為，特別是在不可避免地涉及合作和衝突問題的生產關係中，為福利經濟考慮留出更多的空間來幫助。在這種情況下，行為的理性概念得到了徹底的證明，並特別注意結果主義推理中社會的相互依賴和內部的緊張關係。在闡述他的總體主題時，森還研究了一些相關的問題:對亞當·斯密關於自我尋求作用的觀點的誤解:重視主觀評價的客觀主義方法的合理性:在理性評價中以過度完整的形式出現的不完整性和“不一致性”的可接受性。

森還探討了自由在評估幸福和選擇方面的作用和重要性。森對經濟學和倫理學的貢獻極大地加強了這兩個學科的理論基礎:對這兩個學科之間的聯繫及其可能發展的評價將受到歡迎，因為它有助於辯論的清晰度和深度。這些文章是基於羅耶在加州大學伯克利分校的演講。

In this elegant critique, Amartya Sen argues that a closer contact between welfare economics and modern ethical studies can substantively enrich and benefit both disciplines.He argues further that even predictive and de*ive economics can be helped by making more room for welfare economic considerations in the explanation of behavior, especially in production relations, which inevitably involve problems of cooperation as well as conflict. The concept of rationality of behaviour is thoroughly proved in this context, with particular attention paid to social interdependence and internal tensions within consequentialist reasoning. In developing his general theme, Sen also investigates some related matters: the misinterpretation of Adam Smith's views on the role of self-seeking: the plausibility of an objectivist approach that attaches importance to subjective evaluations: and the admissibility of incompleteness and of 'inconsistencies' in the form of overcompleteness in rational evaluation.

Sen also explores the role and importance of freedom in assessing well-being as well as choice. Sen's contributions to economics and ethics have greatly strengthened the theoretical bases of both disciplines: this appraisal of the connections between the two subjects and their possible development will be welcomed for the clarity and depth it contributes to the debate. These essays are based on the Royer Lectures delivered at the University of California, Berkeley.

作者簡介

Amartya Sen是哈佛大學拉蒙特大學教授。他隸屬於經濟和哲學系。

Amartya Sen is Lamont University Professor at Harvard University. He is affiliated with the Departments of Economics and Philosophy.