Behavioral Economics and Bioethics

A Journey
Softcover Nachdruck of the original 1. Auflage 2018
ISBN: 978-3-030-07855-3
Verlag: Springer International Publishing

Buch, Englisch, 113 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 148 mm x 210 mm, Gewicht: 177 g

Reihe: Palgrave Advances in Behavioral Economics

This book takes readers on a journey through the wide universe of bioethics, raising the following question: what is the proper attitude towards health, life, and death from the perspective of contemporary behavioral economics? Drawing on fields as diverse as economics, ethics, ecology, biology, and philosophy, this book seeks to uncover the bioethics we accomplish, not the moral principles that we advocate. This book covers life-and-death issues arranged around five themes: selves, persons, populations, species, and “Future Earth”. Ultimately, the author illustrates two kinds of justice: static and dynamic. Static justice prevails whenever parties are free to bargain with each other, while dynamic justice follows from parties' interactions over time. An examination into these types of justice reveals one particularly striking phenomenon: attempts by others to tip the balance of justice have a tendency to backfire. Of primary interest to behavioral economists, this book will also appeal to scholars studying bioethics, ecology, medicine, and philosophy, as well as all people dealing with issues of health, dying, and death.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Lee, Li Way

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Bioethik, Tierethik
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Volkswirtschaftslehre Allgemein Verhaltensökonomik
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Angewandte Ethik & Soziale Verantwortung Bioethik, Tierethik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction PART I Selves in a Patient 2. The Patient Who Changes His Mind3. The Two Selves in My Friend Addict4. The Oregon Paradox  PART II Physician and Patient5. The Two-Headed Physician6. The Governance of Death PART III Young People and Old People 7. The Public Health Roulettes8. The Long Shadow of Caregiving9. International Justice in Elder Care: The Long RunPART IV People and Animals10. The Making of Modern Cruelty11. Two Animal Ethics; Many More Economic Lessons12. Revenges by the CAFO Pigs PART V Present People and Future People13. Future Earth: A View from the Rainbow Bridge

Über Autor(innen)

Li Way Lee is a Professor in the Department of Economics at Wayne State University, USA. He is also a member of the Society for the Advancement of Behavioral Economics (SABE).