Kantian Ethics and Economics: Autonomy, Dignity, and Character
Kantian Ethics and Economics: Autonomy, Dignity, and Character
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康德伦理学和经济学：自主、尊严和品格
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10.1080/00346764.2012.707453
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发表时间：
2013
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S. Solari
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作者：
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伦理学和经济学领域经常有一种困难的关系，因为它们的领域重叠，各自寻求首要地位。在这两个学科之间找到正确的联系需要仔细的工作。此外，即使经济学是建立在一些基本的伦理前提之上的，也很少有经济学家意识到这些前提。Mark D.白色的书康德伦理学和经济学是一个杰出的例子，掌握在这两个领域，代表了康德伦理学的系统应用到当代经济学。这本书第一次提出康德伦理学在一个精确和明确的方式，使用的语言是访问的经济学家。然后将这一伦理体系应用于一个决策和经济选择模型。由于道德不是一个简单的小工具，要附加到理性行为，它需要重新概念化的个人机制的选择。最后，在法律和经济学领域也有一些应用，以突出这一特定伦理体系的特殊性并理解其后果。因此，这部著作系统地揭示了康德伦理学是什么，以及它们如何被连贯地纳入经济推理。其结果是一个论文写的方式，它是可以访问的毕业生和所有的经济学家，增加读者的知识，而不是过于要求在预先存在的知识。对于社会经济学家来说，它可能特别有用，因为他们需要寻找用主流读者的语言编写的严格模型。它刺激反思，并有助于整理一个人在这个领域的想法。找到一种将道德纳入经济推理的方法并不简单。多元伦理体系的存在使这一问题更加复杂。自西斯蒙第以来，社会经济学家一直支持经济的伦理观点。它们分为两种，一种是吸收了亚里士多德伦理学的伦理学（最近我们看到了美德伦理学的活跃发展），另一种是更接近约翰·斯图尔特·穆勒的伦理学。我们还可以注意到，人们对黑格尔伦理学重新产生了兴趣。另一方面，这本书作为义务论学派的主要研究而出现。在过去的40年里，康德伦理学不再被认为是好的，只是因为
The fields of ethics and economics often share a difficult relationship because their domains overlap, with each seeking primacy. Finding the right connection between the two disciplines demands careful work. Furthermore, even if economics is based upon some fundamental ethical premises, few economists are even aware of them. Mark D. White’s book on Kantian Ethics and Economics is an outstanding example of mastery in both fields, representing a systematic application of Kantian ethics to contemporary economics. The book first presents Kantian ethics in a precise and clear way, using language that is accessible to the economist. Then this ethical system is applied to a model of decision-making and economic choice. As ethics is not a simple gadget to be attached to rational behavior, it requires a re-conceptualization of individual mechanisms of choice. Finally, there are some applications to the fields of law and economics to highlight the particulars and to appreciate the consequences of this specific system of ethics. As a consequence, this work systematically exposes what Kantian ethics are and how they can be coherently incorporated into economic reasoning. The result is a treatise written in a way that it is accessible to graduates and to all economists, increasing the reader’s knowledge without being too demanding in terms of preexisting knowledge. It could be particularly useful for social economists in search of rigorous models written in language for mainstream readers. It stimulates reflection and helps to order one’s ideas in this field. Finding a way to include ethics in economic reasoning is not simple. The existence of a plurality of ethical systems makes the issue even more complex. Since Sismondi, social economists have supported ethical views of the economy. They are split between those incorporating Aristotelian ethics (in recent times we have seen a lively development of virtue ethics) and those more in the line of John Stuart Mill. We can also note some renewed interest in Hegelian ethics. On the other hand, this book emerges as a leading study of the deontological school. In the last 40 years, Kantian ethics have ceased to be considered good only for