Approximating Prudence

Aristotelian Practical Wisdom and Economic Models of Choice
1. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-1-349-29906-5
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan US

Buch, Englisch, 245 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 365 g

Reihe: Perspectives from Social Economics

In a unique undertaking, Andrew Yuengert explores and describes the limits to the economic model of the human being, providing an alternative account of human choice, to which economic models can be compared.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Yuengert, A.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik Sozialpolitik
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Internationale Wirtschaft Entwicklungsökonomie & Emerging Markets
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Volkswirtschaftslehre Allgemein Verhaltensökonomik
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Volkswirtschaftslehre Allgemein Wirtschaftstheorie, Wirtschaftsphilosophie
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Wohlfahrtsökonomie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1 - Practical Wisdom and Economic Models of Choice * Chapter 2 - Is There Anything Economics Cannot Do? The Need for a Background Account * Chapter 3 - Practical Wisdom, or Thinking about What to Do * Chapter 4 - Objective Functions and the Goals of Human Action * Chapter 5 - Contingency and Uncertainty * Chapter 6 - Modeling Virtue * Chapter 7 - The Synthetic Nature of Choice * Chapter 8 - The Unformulability of Practical wisdom * Chapter 9 - Conclusions

Über Autor(innen)

ANDREW YUENGERT is a Professor of Economics at Seaver College, Pepperdine University, USA. Professor Yuengert has made research contributions in several fields: economic philosophy, Catholic social teaching, the empirical study of religion, labour economics, and finance. He was recently editor of the journal . He is the author of two previous books: (2004), and (2004). His most recent essay is 'Roman Catholic Economics,' in (2012). He and his wife Elizabeth have three children, and live in Southern California.