Virtue and Behavior
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9255557 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jennifer A Baker, Jenny Baker (0000-0003-3530-1957, College of Charleston, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2009 |
| Volume | 67 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 3-24 |
| Publication date | 2009-03-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Review of Social Economy (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0034-6764 • E-ISSN: 1470-1162 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/00346760802586000 |
| OpenAlex | W2136685551 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 21 |
This paper supports Amartya Sen's contention that our moral behavior cannot be represented in economic modeling, given the assumptions accepted by most rational choice theorists. In this paper Sen's argument is supplemented by traditional virtue ethics, which can account for how and why “commitment” is counter-preferential. Yet the changes to economic methodology that Sen recommends are rendered unnecessary by a particular innovation in Stoic ethical theory. If the Stoic distinction between indifferent goods and moral goods is invoked, economics can proceed apace, under the assumption that it is the science that handles our behavior in regard to indifferents only
Epistemology · Sociology · Virtue · Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics · Free Will and Agency · Philosophical Ethics and Theory · Philosophy · Psychology · Social Psychology
Justice as Fairness
Lack of Character
Epictetus
Philosophy and Public Affairs
Development as Freedom
Rational Choice and Moral Agency
Behaviour and the Concept of Preference
Virtue and Right
Construing Sen on Commitment
Justice as fairness
Women and Human Development
Why Exactly Is Commitment Important for Rationality
| Citations per year | 0.12 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2009 - 2009 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |