TY  - BOOK
AU  - Beckerman, Wilfred.
TI  - Economics as applied ethics: value judgements in welfare economics 
SN  - 9780230278363
U1  - 174 
PY  - 2011///
CY  - Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire, New York
PB  - Palgrave Macmillan
KW  - Welfare economics
KW  - Economics
KW  - Moral and ethical aspects
KW  - Value
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and indexes; Machine generated contents note: -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 Fact or value? A simple example: Sustainable development and the discount rate -- Chapter 2 Positive propositions and value judgements -- Chapter 3 Fact and value in welfare economics -- Chapter 4 From individuals` choices to their welfare -- Chapter 5 Pareto optimality and the social welfare function -- Chapter 6 From individuals` welfare to social welfare -- Chapter 7 Utilitarianism in welfare economics -- Chapter 8 Critics of utilitarianism -- Chapter 9 GDP and friends -- Chapter 10 Happiness -- Chapter 11 Why equality? -- Chapter 12 Equality of what? -- Chapter 13 The boundary of society: The boundary in space -- Chapter 14 The boundary of society: The boundary in time -- Chapter 15 The discount rate -- Chapter 16 Valuing life -- Chapter 17 Overview: Value judgements in welfare economics -- Bibliography
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