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This work grounds moral and poltical philosophy in the requirements of a well-functioning society, exploring the reasons an individual may have for helping to uphold such a society rather than looking to the morality of others. A work in the tradition of Hume, Smith, Mill, von Mises, Hayek and Hazlitt, it expounds a rules or indirect version of utilitarianism. It reviews criticisms of utilitarianism in detail, as well as alternative grounds of ethics including contractarianism, rights-based doctrines, and appeals to specific intuitions. Yeager brings the insights of economics to bear on a field usually dominated by philosophers and theologians.

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Book category Books in English Economics, finance, business & management Economics Political economy

• Full title: Ethics as Social Science
• Subtitle: The Moral Philosophy of Social Cooperation
• Author: Leland B. Yeager
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardback
• Number of pages: 352
• EAN: 9781840645217
• ID: 04849098
• Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
• Weight: 528 g
• Dimensions: 234 × 156 × 15 mm
• Date of publishing: 27. November 2000

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