Necessary Goods

Necessary Goods

Author: Gillian Brock

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 1998

Total Pages: 260

ISBN-13: 9780847688197

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As the distinguished contributors to this volume evaluate the moral force of needs they approach questions of obligation and moral interest from a variety of different theoretical perspectives including contractarian, rights-based, and Kantian.


From Goods to a Good Life

From Goods to a Good Life

Author: Madhavi Sunder

Publisher: Yale University Press

Published: 2012-06-26

Total Pages: 274

ISBN-13: 030014671X

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A law professor draws from social and cultural theory to defend her idea that that intellectual property law affects the ability of citizens to live a good life and prohibits people from making and sharing culture.


MANAGERIAL ECONOMICS

MANAGERIAL ECONOMICS

Author: DEBABRATA DATTA

Publisher: PHI Learning Pvt. Ltd.

Published: 2017-04-01

Total Pages: 604

ISBN-13: 8120352416

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Managerial Economics, also known as business economics or Applied Microeconomics, helps in dealing with business decisions and management units effectively. This book discusses the theories and applications of Managerial Economics with the help of its various quantitative techniques like operations research, mathematical programming, game theory for strategic decisions, and other computational methods. Divided into 8 sections and 24 chapters, the book shows how conveniently one can find a solution to the business problems, such as Risk analysis, Production analysis, Pricing, Budgeting, Sales promotion and so on with Managerial Economics tools. Section I analyses the economic behaviour of the consumers; Section II discusses producers’ behaviour and issues related to the production; Sections III, IV and V talk about markets and firms and their types. The concluding Sections VI, VII and VIII delve on the application part of Economics in human resource management, finance, marketing and strategy. The chapters are well-supported with the cases, figures and important facts. The book is equipped with pedagogical aids in the form of Summary, Glossary, Important Terms, Numerical Problems and Multiple Choice Questions. Intended for the postgraduate students of Management, the book will be equally beneficial for the practising Managers.


Just Results

Just Results

Author: Ralph D. Ellis

Publisher: Georgetown University Press

Published: 1998

Total Pages: 230

ISBN-13: 9780878406678

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In Just Results, Ralph E. Ellis provides an authoritative solution to one of the major problems in the field of public policy. Until now, analysts and planners have had no practical or accurate means of incorporating qualitative social concerns into the traditional quantitative formulas used in policymaking. By introducing a justice factor--a quantitative measure for social values--Ellis opens the door for more balanced policy decisions. Using concrete, real-world examples, Ellis shows how policy analysts can better account for the use value--or practical measurable utility--of universally agreed-upon social benefits such as life, health, safety, and environmental preservation when making cost-benefit analyses. In this way, policymakers, and by extension, society as a whole, can avoid making unjust tradeoffs between important social values and comparatively frivolous economic benefits. Drawing on philosophical works on justice from Kant through John Rawls, this book is informed by a theoretical defense of distributive justice that emphasizes diminishing marginal utility, thus favoring the poor. Just Results is a stimulating and highly applicable book that will be of great interest to philosophers, political scientists, policy analysts and planners.


Human Works, Absent Words

Human Works, Absent Words

Author: Christopher Berry Gray

Publisher: University Press of America

Published: 2013-11-26

Total Pages: 133

ISBN-13: 0761859217

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What is said can be understood only when seen in the context of what is not said. Many ancient and medieval philosophers use this dynamic of presence and absence. Plato always recognizes that his expressions are energized by being set before other people. Aristotle’s dialectic between different sorts of public activity does the same. Anselm sees his writing as a test case for what it says. Bonaventure approximates his distance from trinity by finding its images at large. Aquinas makes legal norms approach the flexibility of facts. Ockham’s solution to holding goods without owning them impresses English jural doctrine. Las Casas’ refusal to fix first nations’ identity in deviant past activities hints at how to rectify contacts with first peoples today. This book shows how each author amplifies meaning in the distance between what he puts into his work and what he leaves unsaid.


On Law, Morality, and Politics (Second Edition)

On Law, Morality, and Politics (Second Edition)

Author: Thomas Aquinas

Publisher: Hackett Publishing

Published: 2003-03-07

Total Pages: 260

ISBN-13: 9780872206632

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The second edition retains the selection of texts presented in the first edition but offers them in new translations by Richard J Regan -- including that of his Aquinas, Treatise on Law (Hackett, 2000). A revised Introduction and glossary, an updated select bibliography, and the inclusion of summarising headnotes for each of the units -- Conscience, Law, Justice, Property, War and Killing, Obedience and Rebellion, and Practical Wisdom and Statecraft -- further enhance its usefulness.


Classics in Austrian Economics, Volume 1

Classics in Austrian Economics, Volume 1

Author: Israel M Kirzner

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Published: 2024-10-28

Total Pages: 389

ISBN-13: 104023593X

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This collection presents the key developments in the 120-year history of the Austrian School of Economics from the 1870s to the writings of Mises and Hayek.


The Dialectical Necessity of Morality

The Dialectical Necessity of Morality

Author: Deryck Beyleveld

Publisher: University of Chicago Press

Published: 1991

Total Pages: 618

ISBN-13: 9780226044828

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Alan Gewirth's Reason and Morality, in which he set forth the Principle of Generic Consistency, is a major work of modern ethical theory that, though much debated and highly respected, has yet to gain full acceptance. Deryck Beyleveld contends that this resistance stems from misunderstanding of the method and logical operations of Gewirth's central argument. In this book Beyleveld seeks to remedy this deficiency. His rigorous reconstruction of Gewirth's argument gives its various parts their most compelling formulation and clarifies its essential logical structure. Beyleveld then classifies all the criticisms that Gewirth's argument has received and measures them against his reconstruction of the argument. The overall result is an immensely rich picture of the argument, in which all of its complex issues and key moves are clearly displayed and its validity can finally be discerned. The comprehensiveness of Beyleveld's treatment provides ready access to the entire debate surrounding the foundational argument of Reason and Morality. It will be required reading for all who are interested in Gewirth's theory and deontological ethics and will be of central importance to moral and legal theorists.


Microeconomic Theory

Microeconomic Theory

Author: Michael Eugene Wetzstein

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2013

Total Pages: 1096

ISBN-13: 0415603692

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This book introduces the main concepts of microeconomics to students who have undergone at least one elementary calculus course. It fully integrates graphical and mathematical concepts and offers analytical examples demonstrating numerical solutions. The book has a strong theoretical basis but shows how microeconomics can be brought to bear on the real world. New Features for this edition include: An incorporation of the theory of stock externalities associated with greenhouse gases ; Development of the section on insurance with particular reference to the new US healthcare program ; greater integration of game theoretic concepts throughout the book. The book's style is accessible, but also rigorous. Mathematical examples are provided throughout the book, in particular for key concepts and the result is a balanced approach in terms of prose, graphics, and mathematics.


The Cambridge Handbook of Psychology and Economic Behaviour

The Cambridge Handbook of Psychology and Economic Behaviour

Author: Alan Lewis

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2008-04-17

Total Pages: 515

ISBN-13: 1139469762

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Psychologists have been observing and interpreting economic behaviour for at least fifty years, and the last decade, in particular, has seen an escalated interest in the interface between psychology and economics. The Cambridge Handbook of Psychology and Economic Behaviour is a valuable reference resource dedicated to improving our understanding of the economic mind and economic behaviour. Employing empirical methods – including laboratory experiments, field experiments, observations, questionnaires and interviews – the Handbook covers aspects of theory and method, financial and consumer behaviour, the environment and biological perspectives. With contributions from distinguished scholars from a variety of countries and backgrounds, the Handbook is an important step forward in the improvement of communications between the disciplines of psychology and economics. It will appeal to academic researchers and graduates in economic psychology and behavioural economics.