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082			_a174 _bBEC
100			_aBeckerman, Wilfred.
245			_aEconomics as applied ethics : _bvalue judgements in welfare economics / _cWilfred Beckerman.
260			_aHoundmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; _bPalgrave Macmillan, _c2011. _aNew York :
300			_ax, 269 p. : _bill. ; _c24 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and indexes.
505	8		_aMachine 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.
650			_aWelfare economics.
650			_aEconomics _xMoral and ethical aspects.
650			_aValue.
856			_uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1113/2011003109-b.html
856			_uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1113/2011003109-d.html
856			_uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1113/2011003109-t.html
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