Bøger i Ethical Economy serien

This work addresses the challenges of the EU to democratic theory. The existence of the EU proves that the sovereign state cannot remain the sole focus of normative reflection. This volume combines political science and theory to offer concepts, arguments and criteria that further this debate.

These essays deal with various aspects of a new, rising field, socio economics. Some of my ideas on this subject are included in a previously published book, The Moral Dimension: TowardA New Economics (New York: The Free Press, 1988).

The theory of capitalism and of the economic order is the central topic of the German economic tradition in the 20th century.

The book offers new and refreshing insights, ranging from the development of early economic thinking to economic aspects and concepts in the works of classical thinkers such as Thomas Hobbes, John Locke and Karl Marx, to the role of economic reasoning in contemporary policies of art and health care.

This book grew out of'a three-day international workshop addressing these issues, held at the Management Centre for Human Values (MCHV), Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta, during February 1998.

German Idealism develops its philosophy of history as the theory of becoming absolute and as absolute knowledge.

German Idealism develops its philosophy of history as the theory of becoming absolute and as absolute knowledge.

Overview This book is a philosophical reflection (using mainly Hegel, in addition to 1 Adam Smith, Kant, Marx and Catholic Social Thought) about the soc- political dimension of economics.

The approaches to economic ethics and business ethics in Continental Europe and those in America show considerable differences but also a shared interest in turning business ethics into a subject relevant and useful for business practice as well as for the philosophical debate on ethics.

German Ordoliberalism and French Regulation theory, two institutionalist theories born in different national contexts, show striking convergences and complementarities.

In this respect, questions such as the following arise: Are the various ethical problems faced during the exercise of a profession different in kind from those ethical problems faced in everyday life?

Recent economic development and the financial and economic crisis require a change in our approach to business and finance. It is an achievement which lives by and depends upon the values and virtues shared by the majority of those who engage in economic activity.

v Chapter 1 Cultural Factors in Economic Growth MARK CASSON AND ANDREW GODLEY . III Chapter 5 Cultural Determinants of Jewish Immigrant Entrepreneurship in the UK and USA and British and American Culture ANDREW GODLEY . 152 Chapter 8 Culture and the Myth of Economic Determinism in Global History and World Politics KEN DARK .

In this volume, continuities and discontinuities between Historical School of Economics and Old Institutional Economics are examined with regard to common research objectives and methods. Similarly, those between these two economic movements and New Institutional Economics as well as new economic sociology are discussed.

In this discussion both economists and philosophers try to disentangle issues relating to whether inheritance is legitimate. The text seeks to provide an overview of what economists and philosophers have to say on the matter, and confronts and discusses two radically opposed reform proposals.

This volume explores corporate governance from three perspectives: a traditional economic, a philosophical, and an integrated business ethics perspective. Economic sciences have failed to provide a clear definition of the corporate governance concept.

This volume unites the perspective of business ethics with approaches from strategic management, economics, law, political science, and with philosophical reflections on the theory of Corporate Citizenship and New Governance.

This volume explores corporate governance from three perspectives: a traditional economic, a philosophical, and an integrated business ethics perspective. Economic sciences have failed to provide a clear definition of the corporate governance concept.

A growing body of academic and business specialists are paying attention to ethical issues in business and economics, drawing on a wide range of different disciplinary and theoretical perspectives.

Bernard Hodgson Department of Philosophy Trent University Peterborough, Ontario, Canada May 2004 Contents Preface . 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 .

The theory of capitalism and of the economic order is the central topic of the German economic tradition in the 20th century.

The approaches to economic ethics and business ethics in Continental Europe and those in America show considerable differences but also a shared interest in turning business ethics into a subject relevant and useful for business practice as well as for the philosophical debate on ethics.

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Chapter 3 Does the Second Law of Thermodynamics Refute the Neo-Darwinian Synthesis? BRUCE H. WEBER and DAVID 1. DEPEW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 CONTENTS Partll Natural Selection and Developmental Systems: Redrawing the Boundaries Between Genetic and Non-Genetic Factors of Evolution Chapter 4 Evolutionary and Developmental Formation: Politics of the Boundary SUSAN OyAMA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

In this volume, continuities and discontinuities between Historical School of Economics and Old Institutional Economics are examined with regard to common research objectives and methods. Similarly, those between these two economic movements and New Institutional Economics as well as new economic sociology are discussed.

Bernard Hodgson Department of Philosophy Trent University Peterborough, Ontario, Canada May 2004 Contents Preface . 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 .

The internet and the electronic economy are a technological revolution whose secular importance is apparent.

The epistemology of management concerns the question of how management can improve its ability to create knowledge about managing companies and about using management theory in the task of managing.