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Calculation And Morality
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Author : Caroline Oudin-Bastide
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2019
Calculation And Morality written by Caroline Oudin-Bastide and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019 with Business & Economics categories.
Debates about whether to maintain or abolish slavery revolved around two key values: the morality of enslaving other human beings and the economic benefits and costs of slavery as compared to free labor. Various and conflicting arguments were presented by abolitionists, colonists, and administrators in slave-holding societies, all of whom used calculations about the relative cost and productivity of slavery to defend their own point of view in an impassioned debate. In Calculation and Morality, Caroline Oudin-Bastide and Philippe Steiner consider how economic calculations, estimations, and arguments informed the long debate over French slavery between 1771 and 1848. They show how calculation was introduced into moral debate and became a critical social object in regard both to its consistency and its manifest effects. To do so they trace a process in which phenomena were classified into groups, becoming a category, and then how metrics and calculations were used to analyze the possible effects of emancipating slaves in French colonies. Abolitionists sought to demonstrate that it was in the interest of slaveowners and/or the entire nation to employ free labour in the colonies, and to show the irrationality of the colonial and metropolitan defenders of servitude; their aim was to enlighten various parties as to their real interest, and how that real interest coincided with justice. In turn, colonists accused those opposed to slavery of being blinded by their own philanthropic principles and insisted on the rationality of the slave system as the only means of meeting the interests of everyone, including slaves, at least in the short and medium term. Oudin-Bastide and Steiner closely examine the positions and reasoning of such influential French thinkers as Pierre Samuel Du Pont de Nemours, Anne Robert Jacques Turgot, Antoine Nicolas de Condorcet, Simonde de Sismondi, Jean Baptiste Say, and Alexis de Tocqueville. In doing so they shed light on the interaction of moral precepts and econonomic calculations in a trenchant study in the history of ideas.
Moral Calculations
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Author : Laszlo Mero
language : en
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Release Date : 2012-12-06
Moral Calculations written by Laszlo Mero and has been published by Springer Science & Business Media this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-12-06 with Mathematics categories.
What does game theory tell us about rational behavior? Is there such a thing as rational behavior, and if so, is it of any use to us? In this fascinating book, renowned Hungarian economist Laszlo Mero shows how game theory provides insight into such aspects of human psychology as altruism, competition, and politics, as well as its relevance to disparate fields such as physics and evolutionary biology. This ideal guide shows us how mathematics can illuminate the human condition.
Calculation And Morality
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Author : Caroline Oudin-Bastide
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2019-01-02
Calculation And Morality written by Caroline Oudin-Bastide and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-01-02 with Business & Economics categories.
Debates about whether to maintain or abolish slavery revolved around two key values: the morality of enslaving other human beings and the economic benefits and costs of slavery as compared to free labor. Various and conflicting arguments were presented by abolitionists, colonists, and administrators in slave-holding societies, all of whom used calculations about the relative cost and productivity of slavery to defend their own point of view in an impassioned debate. In Calculation and Morality, Caroline Oudin-Bastide and Philippe Steiner consider how economic calculations, estimations, and arguments informed the long debate over French slavery between 1771 and 1848. They show how calculation was introduced into moral debate and became a critical social object in regard both to its consistency and its manifest effects. To do so they trace a process in which phenomena were classified into groups, becoming a category, and then how metrics and calculations were used to analyze the possible effects of emancipating slaves in French colonies. Abolitionists sought to demonstrate that it was in the interest of slaveowners and/or the entire nation to employ free labour in the colonies, and to show the irrationality of the colonial and metropolitan defenders of servitude; their aim was to enlighten various parties as to their real interest, and how that real interest coincided with justice. In turn, colonists accused those opposed to slavery of being blinded by their own philanthropic principles and insisted on the rationality of the slave system as the only means of meeting the interests of everyone, including slaves, at least in the short and medium term. Oudin-Bastide and Steiner closely examine the positions and reasoning of such influential French thinkers as Pierre Samuel Du Pont de Nemours, Anne Robert Jacques Turgot, Antoine Nicolas de Condorcet, Simonde de Sismondi, Jean Baptiste Say, and Alexis de Tocqueville. In doing so they shed light on the interaction of moral precepts and econonomic calculations in a trenchant study in the history of ideas.
Moral Calculations
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Author : Laszlo Mero
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1998-07-01
Moral Calculations written by Laszlo Mero and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998-07-01 with categories.
Positive Ethics In Economics
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Author : Damien Bazin
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2017-09-08
Positive Ethics In Economics written by Damien Bazin and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-09-08 with Business & Economics categories.
Economics is often accused of being "a-ethical" - lacking a moral perspective - if not altogether immoral. Its detractors criticize economic models of pure and perfect competition, and claim that economics should be concerned with social effects and strive to be equitable. Yet, these critics fail to understand that the discipline has many dimensions. Economics has also developed a group of concerns directly related to ethics. The presence of practical ethics is evident in the economic analysis of behaviour that incorporates ethical preference, altruism, and a responsible calculation based on norms. It is fair today that economics differentiates ethics from purely financial matters, and the discipline can be associated with morality in man's daily life. Volume 14 of the distinguished "Praxiology" series, examine the concept of positive ethics in economics. While normative ethics moralizes economics, trying to render it more "just," positive ethics is first and foremost a model for the construction of theoretical economic reasoning: it reflects on ethical practices within economics, and introduces a model of reasoning that takes individual ethical behaviour and its after-effects into account. The book is divided into three parts. In "Altruism," the contributors discuss the notion of unselfish concern for the welfare of others, and its place in economic practice. In "Commitment," the authors discuss reason as being central to economic theory, as well as the position of ethical behaviour. In "Responsibility," the idea that man is not an island unto himself, but a being involved in a set of relationships, is examined. If a person is simultaneously responsible for himself and others, then how far does his responsibility extend? "Essays on Positive Ethics in Economics" is thought-provoking volume that will be of interest to economists, policymakers, philosophers, and students of ethics and morality.
Public And Private Morality
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Author : Stuart Hampshire
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 1978-10-31
Public And Private Morality written by Stuart Hampshire and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1978-10-31 with Business & Economics categories.
Collection of essays by well-known British and American philosophers on the moral principles by which public policies and political decisions should be judged: does effective political action necessarily involve and justify actions which the individual would regard as unacceptable in "private" morality?
Calculating Ethics In The Fourteenth Century
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2024-08-29
Calculating Ethics In The Fourteenth Century written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-08-29 with History categories.
This volume depicts methods and concepts of calculated ethics and mathematized moral life at main universities in Europe of the late Middle Ages which originated at the University of Oxford in the works of Richard Kilvington.
The Science Of Ethics
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Author : Leslie Stephen
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1907
The Science Of Ethics written by Leslie Stephen and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1907 with Ethics categories.
The Morality Gap
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Author : Erwin W. W.. Lutzer
language : en
Publisher: Moody Publishers
Release Date : 1972-01-01
The Morality Gap written by Erwin W. W.. Lutzer and has been published by Moody Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1972-01-01 with Religion categories.
With the conviction that "the gap between traditional morality and the avant-garde approach is widening," Erwin W. Lutzer offers this precise, easy-to-understand, and knowledgeable critique of situation ethics. This presentation adds new insights to the discussion of morality and the ethic of love. Lutzer pinpoints the fallacies of the situationalist's philosophy and offers a biblical alternative that clearly recognizes and deals with moral conflicts.
The Perspective Of Morality
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Author : Martin Rhonheimer
language : en
Publisher: CUA Press
Release Date : 2011
The Perspective Of Morality written by Martin Rhonheimer and has been published by CUA Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011 with Philosophy categories.
The Perspective of the Acting Person introduces readers to one of the most important and provocative thinkers in contemporary moral philosophy