Consciousness raising: revealing the morality in economics

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Daniel M Hausman and Michael S McPherson's book entitled 'Economic Analysis and Moral Philosophy' is reviewed. The book provides a better understanding of how economists make their theories and the respective policies. McPherson and Hausman argue that economists, especially those working for the government, fail to make morally right policies because they are limited to understanding their economic theories and cannot anymore foresee the moral implications of implementing these. They believe that what economists can do most is make morally neutral policies.

Economists, Bibliography, Economic Analysis and Moral Philosophy (Book), Hausman, Daniel M., McPherson, Michael S.

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The elimination of morality

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The arguments against bioethics offered by Anne Maclean in her book 'The Elimination of Morality' are flawed. Maclean has defined ethics as a matter of maintaining the right attitudes and has equated the entire tradition of bioethics with a small aspect of it, namely consequentialist ethics. However, consequentialist ethics plays but a minor role in contemporary bioethics. Maclean fails to acknowledge the importance of providing reasons to justify moral action. Her claim that the entire enterprise of bioethics is futile cannot be sustained.

Analysis, Consequentialism (Ethics), Maclean, Anne

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Morality, religion and metaphysics: diverse visions in bioethics

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Bioethics is discussed in relation to philosophy, morality, religion and metaphysics. Topics include bioethics and policy, particularity versus generality in relation to religious bioethics, and the relevance of the history of bioethics.

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