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On ethics and economics

Amartya Sen (Author)
In this book, the author argues that welfare economics can be enriched by paying more explicit attention to ethics, and that modern ethical studies can also benefit from a closer contact with economies. He argues further that even predictive and descriptive economics can be helped by making more room for welfare-economic considerations in the explanation of behaviour
Print Book, English, 1987
Basil Blackwell, Oxford, UK, 1987
xiii, 131 pages ; 23 cm
9780631154945, 9780631164012, 0631154949, 0631164014
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Foreword / by John M. Letiche
Economic behaviour and moral sentiments
Economic judgements and moral philosophy
Freedom and consequences