Essays on philosophy, politics & economics integration & common research projects (Stanford Economics and Finance, 2010)
Includes bibliographical references and index
Utility and utilitarianism / Edward F. McClennen -- The limits of homo economicus : the conflict of values and principles / Gerald Gaus -- Preferences, cognitivism, and the public sphere / Jeremy Shearmur -- Expressive desert and deserving compensation / Christi Favor -- Productivity, compensation, and voluntariness / Julian Lamont -- Discriminatory privileges, compensatory privileges, and affirmative action / Robert A. Kocis -- Deontic efficiency and equality / T.M. Wilkinson -- Cohen on incentives, inequality, and egalitarianism / Thomas Christiano -- Behavioral law and economics : the assault on consent, will, and dignity / Mark D. White -- Consent and the principle of fairness / Calvin G. Normore -- The costs and benefits of future generations / Russell Hardin -- Intergenerational justice and just savings / Clark Wolf -- Communitarianism and social security / Daniel Shapiro -- Rights, pollution, and public policy / H. Sterling Burnett -- Price gouging and market failure / Matt Zwolinski
Essays on Philosophy, Politics, & Economics offers a critical examination of economic, philosophical, and political notions, with an eye towards working across all three, so that students and scholars from can expand their perspectives as they approach the necessarily complex research questions of today and tomorrow