Economists and theologians usually inhabit different intellectual worlds. Economists investigate the workings of markets and tend to set ethical questions aside. Theologians, anxious to take up concerns raised by market outcomes, often dismiss economics and lose insights into the influence of...

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- 1​. To Serve God or Mammon? The Dialogue between Theology and Economics -- 2. The Rational Choice Model and Its Limitations -- 3. Happiness and the Distinctively Human Exercise of Practical Reason: The Metaphysical Backdrop -- 4....

Arising from a disenchantment with mainstream economics--a dissatisfaction that is widespread today--A Short History of Ethics and Economics sketches the emergence and decline of the ethical tradition of economics and the crisis of modern economics. In doing so, James Alvey focuses on four of...

Dieser Beitrag geht der Frage nach, welche Rolle normative Ethiken in den Wirtschaftswissenschaf-ten spielen. Zunächst wird dazu der allgemeine Zusammenhang zwischen Erfahrungswissenschaf-ten und normativen Ethiken diskutiert. Dann wird gezeigt, in welcher Form die sogenannte...