{"product_id":"the-morality-of-economic-behaviour-vangelis-chiotis-9780815347736","title":"The Morality of Economic Behaviour: Economics as Ethics","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe links between self-interest and morality have been examined in moral philosophy since Plato. Economics is a mostly value-free discipline, having lost its original ethical dimension as described by Adam Smith. Examining moral philosophy through the framework provided by economics offers new insights into both disciplines and the discussion on the origins and nature of morality.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Morality of Economic Behaviour: Economics as Ethics\u003c\/em\u003e argues that moral behaviour does not need to be exogenously encouraged or enforced because morality is a side effect of interactions between self-interested agents. The argument relies on two important parameters: behaviour in a social environment and the effects of intertemporal choice on rational behaviour. Considering social structures and repeated interactions on rational maximisation allows an argument for the morality of economic behaviour. Amoral agents interacting within society can reach moral outcomes. Thus, economics becomes a synthesis of moral and rational choice theory bypassing the problems of ethics in economic behaviour whilst promoting moral behaviour and ethical outcomes. This approach sheds new light on practical issues such as economic policy, business ethics and social responsibility.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book is of interest primarily to students of politics, economics and philosophy but will also appeal to anyone who is interested in morality and ethics, and their relationship with self-interest.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Vangelis Chiotis\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0815347731\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780815347736\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/03\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 112\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.60h x 5.50w x 0.50d","brand":"Vangelis Chiotis","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48086932127999,"sku":"9780815347736","price":68.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_123761dc-9b24-47c5-b0cd-7df70f0b78d6.jpg?v=1769097358","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-morality-of-economic-behaviour-vangelis-chiotis-9780815347736","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}