This book is the result of a series of discussions initiated by an FP6 project carried out during the year 2007 and which focused on issues of Science and Technology (S & T) governance and ethics in Europe and Asia. The discussions not only in increased mutual understanding between the two...

Preface -- Overview -- Introduction -- World-views, economic conduct, and social progress -- The authority of economic man -- The decline of economic man -- The moralization of economic affairs -- The dynamics of modern societies -- The virtues of market conduct -- Encircling the concept of the...