The Invisible Hand and the Common Good

2004
ISBN: 978-3-540-22353-5
Verlag: Springer Berlin Heidelberg

Buch, Englisch, 465 Seiten, HC runder Rücken kaschiert, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 1890 g

Reihe: Ethical Economy

This volume consists of papers derived from the Ninth International Conference on Studies in Economic Ethics and Philosophy (SEEP), held at Trent University in Peterborough, Ontario, Canada, in June of 2002. Let me take this opportunity to express my appreciation to Professor Peter Koslowski for his original stimulus, encouragement, and continual assistance in making the Conference a success. I would also like to thank my Trent colleague, Professor David Holdsworth, for his steadfast help in the management of the Conference and the papers resulting from it. I am obliged to Mr. Louis Taylor of North George Studios in Peterborough for his expert professional service in preparing the manuscript for printing. Finally, let me gratefully acknowledge the generous financial sponsorship of the Conference by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, and Trent University's Department of Philosophy and Graduate Centre for the Study of Theory, Culture, and Politics. Bernard Hodgson Department of Philosophy Trent University Peterborough, Ontario, Canada May 2004 Contents Preface. IX Introduction BERNARD HODGSON. 1 Part One Setting the Problem Chapter 1 Public Interest and Self-Interest in the Market and the Democratic Process PETER KOSLOWSKI. 13 Chapter2 The Invisible Hand and Thinness of the Common Good RICHARD DE GEORGE. 38 CONTENTS Part Two Constraining the Invisible Hand Chapter 3 Hiring Invisible Hands for Public Works EDWARDJ. NELL. 51 Chapter4 A Market Failures Approach to Business Ethics JOSEPH HEATH. 69 Chapter 5 Abstractions and Conceptual Automata in Economics and Non-Economics STEPHEN REGOCZEI.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Hodgson, Bernard

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Ethik, Moralphilosophie
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Volkswirtschaftslehre Allgemein Wirtschaftstheorie, Wirtschaftsphilosophie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

One Setting the Problem.- 1 Public Interest and Self-Interest in the Market and the Democratic Process.- 2 The Invisible Hand and Thinness of the Common Good.- Two Constraining the Invisible Hand.- 3 Hiring Invisible Hands for Public Works.- 4 A Market Failures Approach to Business Ethics.- 5 Abstractions and Conceptual Automata in Economics and Non-Economics.- Three Moral Rights and Market Society.- 6 The Inherent Rights of For-Profit Corporations.- 7 Degrees of Property.- Four The Tyranny of the Invisible Hand.- 8 Understanding Market Theology.- 9 General Equilibrium Theory as Normative Ideal Social Order.- Five Economic Theory and Normative Realism.- 10 The Efficiency of the Non-profit Enterprise: Constitutional Ideology, Conformist Preferences and Reputation.- 11 Transformational Economics and the Public Good.- 12 On Economic Men Bearing Gifts and Playing Fair.- Six Free Hands and Moral Communities.- 13 The Person, the Market, and the Community.- 14 Social Trust and Modern Economies: The Example of Shopping.- 15 A Reconciliation of the Liberal and Communitarian Debate in the Light of the Methodenstreit.- 16 Voluntary Simplicity: Characterization, Select Psychological Implications, and Societal Consequences.- Seven The Global Reach of the Invisible Hand.- 17 Russia’s Experiment with the “Invisible Hand”.- 18 Fostering the Common Good in Developing Countries: The Respective Responsibilities of States and International Businesses — Preliminary Notes Towards a Political Ethic for International Businesses.- 19 Globalization and the Re-Definition of Democratic Governance: From Compensatory to Protective Democracy.- List of Authors.- Index of Names.