Value in Ethics and Economics

by Elizabeth S. Anderson

Book Overview

Elizabeth Anderson offers a new theory of value and rationality that rejects cost-benefit analysis in our social lives and in our ethical theories. This account of the plurality of values thus offers a new approach, beyond welfare economics and traditional theories of justice, for assessing the ethical limitations of the market. In this light, Anderson discusses several contemporary controversies involving the proper scope of the market, including...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B00F62XBF8
• ISBN13: 9780674931909
• Release Date: August 1995
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 260 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.5" x 9.3"