Ethics, Economics and Social Institutions

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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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Pandit, Vishwanath (Autor)
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Singapore : Springer Nature Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
Edición:1st ed. 2016.
Temas:
Experimental economics.
Ethics.
Social structure.
Equality.
Social policy.
Economics-History.
Experimental Economics.
Moral Philosophy and Applied Ethics.
Social Structure.
Social Policy.
History of Economic Thought and Methodology.
Acceso en línea:Texto Completo
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Sumario: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 religious systems. Further, in each case, the book takes a detailed look at the economic problems as they arise within a broader sociological and political environment, taking into account the respective ethical/philosophical paradigms. It analyzes from an ethical point of view topics like the evolution of economic thought, happiness and spirituality, and human values in relation to ethics.
Descripción Física:XXII, 169 p. 4 illus. in color. online resource.
ISBN:9789811008993

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