Abstract
Some economists consider their discipline a science, and thereby divorced from messy ethical details, the normative passions of right and wrong. They teach in a moral vacuum, perhaps even advocating economic agents' operating independently and avariciously, asserting that this magically produces the greatest good for society.
Document Type
News Article
Publication Date
8-15-2003
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Copyright © 2003, Chronicle of Higher Education, Inc. This article first appeared in The Chronicle of Higher Education 49:49 (2003), B7-B9.
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Recommended Citation
Wight, Jonathan B. "Teaching the Ethical Foundations of Economics." The Chronicle of Higher Education (Washington D.C.), August 15, 2003.
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