Putting Morals into Economics
From Value Neutrality to the Moral Economy and the Economization of Morality
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4181003 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Georg Kanitsar (0000-0002-1447-400X, Vienna University of Economics and Business, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 64 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 31-60 |
| Publication date | 2023-04-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | European Journal of Sociology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0003-9756 • E-ISSN: 1474-0583 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0003975623000012 |
| OpenAlex | W4362469638 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 102 |
The economic discipline plays a performative role in constructing the moral order of market society. Yet, little attention has been paid to what economists explicitly regard as moral or how they conceive of morality. This article reflects a recent attempt to put morals into economics, that is, to introduce morality as a research topic in behavioural and experimental economics. It maps three research programs that theorize the moral economy. The programs emphasize the moral foundations of market society, the moral limits of market expansion, and the moral consequences of market trading and, thus, appear irreconcilable with classifications of economists as market enthusiasts or moral agnostics. At the same time, however, the literature centres on an "economized" form of morality that is corrective to market inefficiencies, attributed to the responsibility of the individual, and expressed in rational terms. In doing so, this literature contributes to redefining moral problems in economic terms
Economics · Epistemology · Law and economics · Moral disengagement · Moral economy · Morality · Order (exchange) · Performative utterance · Political science · Politics · Positive economics · Sociology · Value (mathematics) · Value theory · Economic Theory and Institutions · Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies · Law · Philosophy · Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment
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| Unique citing works | 4 |
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| Citations per year | 2 |
| Citation span | 2024 - 2026 (3) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |