"The world's people and their leaders face a complex and multi-faceted set of 'eco-social questions'. As the productivity of humanity increases, the negative external environmental effects of production and consumption patterns become increasingly problematic and threaten the human welfare. As...

"Economics, Ethics and the Market analyzes the relationship between neoclassical economics and ethics. Johan J. Graafland critically examines the core assumptions that underpin the economic defence of free market operation, and highlights the characteristics of different ethical theories that...

"This textbook applies economic ethics to evaluate the free market system and enables students to examine the impact of free markets using the three main ethical approaches: utilitarianism, principle-based ethics, and virtue ethics. Ethics and Economics systematically links empirical research to...