Facts, values, and objectivity in economics
By: edited by José Castro Caldas and Vítor Neves
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780415667128; 9780203121658
Subjects: Moral and ethical aspects; Economics; Political ethics
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: the issues at stake / José Castro Caldas and Vítor Neves; title: Economics and moral sentiments : the case of moral hazard / Sheila Dow; title: The conflicting languages of economics and human rights / Manuel Couret Branco; title: The meaning of objectivity : what can we learn from Robbins and Myrdal? / José Castro Caldas and Vítor Neves; title: Values, objectivity, and moral realism / Nuno Ornelas Martins; title: The facts and values of experimental economics / Ana C. Santos; title: The contribution of the sociology of quantification to a discussion of objectivity in economics / Laura Centemeri; title: Embodied expectations : the somatic subject and the changing political economy of life and health / João Arriscado Nunes; title: Deep contextualism and radical criticism : the argument for a division of labour in a contemporary political theory / Mathias Thaler; title: Practical reasoning in economic affairs : the human development index as a case study / Ricardo Crespo.