Economics as applied ethics : value judgements in welfare economics / Wilfred Beckerman.

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Beckerman, Wilfred

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; Palgrave Macmillan, 2011. New York :Description: x, 269 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:

9780230278363
0230278361
9780230278370 (pbk.)
023027837X (pbk.)

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DDC classification:

174 BEC

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Contents:

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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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Books	Central Library General Section	174 BEC (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		003974

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

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