Economics as a Moral Science

Dados Bibliográficos

ID9722113
AutoresA B Atkinson (autor correspondente)
Ano2009
Volume76
Fascículos1
Páginas791-804
Data de publicação2009-10-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoEconomica (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0013-0427 • E-ISSN: 1468-0335
EditoraWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.1468-0335.2009.00788.x
OpenAlexW2073328655
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas29
Referências citadas26

Economists frequently make judgments about economic welfare, but there is today little discussion of the foundations of welfare economics. It is assumed either that there is unanimity of interests, or that there is general acceptance of utilitarianism. This means that economics cannot address many key policy issues and that important differences in ethical views cannot be recognized. This paper argues that it is a legitimate exercise of economic analysis to examine the consequences of different ethical positions, taking case studies of employment as a macroeconomic objective, and the role of capabilities in the measurement of economic performance

Economic welfare · Economics · Law and economics · Market economy · Neoclassical economics · Political science · Positive economics · Public economics · Unanimity · Utilitarianism · Welfare · Economic theories and models · Economic Theory and Institutions · Income, Poverty, and Inequality · Law