B<strong>Economics as Moral Science</strong>B investigates the problem of the ethicalneutrality of quotmainstreamquot economic theory within the context of them... » 

BEconomics as Moral ScienceB investigates the problem of the ethicalneutrality of quotmainstreamquot economic theory within the context of themethodology of economics as a science. Against the conventional wisdom theauthor argues that there are serious moral presuppositions to the theory butthat economics could still count as a scientific or rational form of inquiry.The basic questions addressed the ethical implications of economics itsstatus as a scientific mode of theoryconstruction and the IrelationI betweenthese factors are absolutely fundamental ones for an understanding ofcontemporary economics the philosophy of the human sciences and our currentmarket culture. Moreover the study provides a thorough philosophical analysisof the critical issues at stake Ifrom the insideI from the credibleperspective of a particular but foundational economic theory theneoclassical theory of rational choice. TOCIntroduction. TheoryConstructionin Economic Science. Rationality Values and Economic Theory. TheIntransigence of Evaluative Concepts. The Ethical Content ofquotFormalquot Structures. Teleology and Utilitarian Economics.Functionalism and the quotSystems Approachquot. Reasons Causes andEconomic Methodology. Justification Obligation and Consumer Motivation. TheProblems Related. Essential Statements and Holistic Theory. EconomicUncertainty and Logical Structure. Economic Uncertainty and ConsumerAutonomy. From Normative Theory to Empirical Science. Neoclassical Economicsand Scientific Utopias. Neoclassical Economics and the RationalJustifiability of Moral Principles. Conclusion. «