Pandit, Vishwanath
Ethics, Economics and Social Institutions Vishwanath Pandit - Singapore : Springer Science and Business Media, c2016. - xxii, 169 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
A General Preview.- Economics and Ethics: Evolution and Interaction.- Rationality, Welfare and Ethics.- Alternatives Paradigms in Ethics.- Prosperity and Happiness.- Ethical Norms and Social Institutions.- Ethics under Deeper Views of Life.- Missions for Social Ethics.- Summing Up.
The book highlights the ethical aspects and issues that are inherent to economics in the context of today's prominent social institutions. It reviews a range of problems concerning dominant social institutions, namely markets, government agencies, corporate entities, financial networks, and religious systems. Further, in each case, the book takes a detailed look at the economic problems as they arise within a broader sociological and political environment, taking into account the respective ethical/philosophical paradigms. It analyzes from an ethical point of view topics like the evolution of economic thought, happiness and spirituality, and human values in relation to ethics.
9789811008979
Ethics
Economic history
Behavioral economics
Social policy
Social structure
Social inequality
Economics
Behavioral/Experimental Economics
Social Structure, Social Inequality
Social Policy
174 PA ET
Ethics, Economics and Social Institutions Vishwanath Pandit - Singapore : Springer Science and Business Media, c2016. - xxii, 169 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
A General Preview.- Economics and Ethics: Evolution and Interaction.- Rationality, Welfare and Ethics.- Alternatives Paradigms in Ethics.- Prosperity and Happiness.- Ethical Norms and Social Institutions.- Ethics under Deeper Views of Life.- Missions for Social Ethics.- Summing Up.
The book highlights the ethical aspects and issues that are inherent to economics in the context of today's prominent social institutions. It reviews a range of problems concerning dominant social institutions, namely markets, government agencies, corporate entities, financial networks, and religious systems. Further, in each case, the book takes a detailed look at the economic problems as they arise within a broader sociological and political environment, taking into account the respective ethical/philosophical paradigms. It analyzes from an ethical point of view topics like the evolution of economic thought, happiness and spirituality, and human values in relation to ethics.
9789811008979
Ethics
Economic history
Behavioral economics
Social policy
Social structure
Social inequality
Economics
Behavioral/Experimental Economics
Social Structure, Social Inequality
Social Policy
174 PA ET