Ethics, economics and social institutions / Vishwanath Pandit.
The book highlights the ethical aspects and issues that are inherent to economics in the context of today's prominent social institutions. It reviews a range of problems concerning dominant social institutions, namely markets, government agencies, corporate entities, financial networks, and rel...
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Springer Science and Business Media,
2016.
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Table of Contents:
- Foreword; Preface; Contents; About the Author; Introduction; 1 A General Preview; Abstract ; 1.1 Economics and Society; 1.2 The Beginning; 1.3 Ethics and Social Sciences; 1.4 The Ethical Perspective; 1.5 Prosperity and Its Fallouts; 1.6 Facets of Injustice; References; 2 Economics and Ethics: Evolution and Interaction; Abstract ; 2.1 Early Economic Thought; 2.2 Towards Classical Political Economy; 2.3 The Agenda for Social Justice; 2.4 On to Keynes; 2.5 Marx and Keynes; References; 3 Rationality, Welfare and Ethics; Abstract ; 3.1 Some Basics; 3.2 Rationality.
- 3.3 General Equilibrium and Welfare; 3.4 Preferences and Social Welfare; 3.4.1 Welfare Prospects and Ethics; 3.5 Behavioral Imperfection; References; 4 Alternative Paradigms in Ethics; Abstract ; 4.1 Ethics in Ancient Thought; 4.2 Modern Paradigms; 4.3 Utilitarianism; 4.4 Libertarianism and Contractarianism; 4.5 Marxism; References; 5 Prosperity and Happiness; Abstract ; 5.1 The Paradox; 5.2 Happiness and Ethics; 5.3 Income and Utility; 5.4 Happiness and Aspirations; 5.5 Empirical Evidence; 5.6 Prosperity Devoid of Equality; 5.7 Back to Ethics; References.
- 6 Ethical Norms and Social Institutions; Abstract ; 6.1 The Setting; 6.2 The Market System; 6.3 State and Society; 6.4 World of Finance; 6.5 Ethical and Moral Facets; References; 7 Ethics in a Deeper View of Life; Abstract ; 7.1 Contemporary Social Norms; 7.2 Faith in Question; 7.3 Religion Persists; 7.4 Alternative Views: Philosophy and Science; References; 8 Missions for Social Ethics; Abstract ; 8.1 Introduction; 8.2 Gandhi for Truth and Nonviolence; 8.3 Ramakrishna-Vivekananda for Non-Duality; 8.4 Sri Sathya Sai Baba for Pure Love; References; 9 Summing Up; 9.1 Basic Thrust.
- 9.2 Ethics in Economic Thought; 9.3 Rationality and Ethics; 9.4 Happiness for the Society; 9.5 Deeper Questions of Life; 9.6 The Last Word; Name Index; Subject Index.