书名: Justice, Political Liberalism, and Utilitarianism: Themes from Harsanyi and Rawls
作者: Marc Fleurbaey (Editor), Maurice Salles (Editor), John A. Weymark (Editor)
出版社: Cambridge University Press; 1 edition (January 28, 2008)
语言: English
ISBN-10: 0521640938
ISBN-13: 978-0521640930
Book Description
The utlitiarian economist and Nobel Laureate John Harsanyi and the liberal egalitarian philosopher John Rawls were two of the most eminent scholars writing on problems of social justice in the last century. The contributions to this volume, addressed to an interdisciplinary audience, pay tribute to them by investigating themes that figure prominently in their work. In some cases, the contributors explore issues considered by Harsanyi and Rawls in more depth and from novel perspectives. In others, the contributors use the work of Harsanyi and Rawls as points of departure for pursuing the construction of new theories for the evaluation of social justice.
Review
"As befits a joint tribute to Harsanyi and Rawls, this edited collection explores overlapping themes from the disciplines of philosophy, politics, and economics - especially their connections via the theories of games and of ethical social choice, for which both these scholars' work had such enormous significance. There are notable contributions by 23 eminent authors, including Harsanyi himself, nearly all of whom have several earlier publications that have become widely recognized as valuable interdisciplinary contributions. Much value is added by the three editors' unusually thorough introduction, explicitly designed to relate each later contribution to the topics mentioned in the title. As a whole, the book serves as an overdue and fitting reminder not only of our great debts to Harsanyi and Rawls in particular, but also of how philosophy, politics, and economics have always had some close links. Moreover, many chapters exemplify very well how there will always be interesting recent developments in any one of these three disciplines that should be of great interest to practitioners in the other two." -- Peter Hammond, University of Warwick
"This is a collection of authoritative essays on utilitarianism, justice, and liberalism by eminent scholars. The editors are to be thanked for this exceptionally stimulating volume which explores some of the central issues in political and social philosophy." -- Prasanta K. Pattanaik, University of California, Riverside
"This is a state of the art collection of essays on the works of Rawls and Harsanyi with a superb introduction. Economists and philosophers with interests in well being, social aggregation, cooperation, or liberty will want to read this volume." -- Peter Vallentyne, University of Missouri-Columbia
About the Author
Marc Fleurbaey is Professor at the Centre de Recherché Sens, Éthique, Société (CERSES) at the University of Paris-5 and Research Director at the CNRS, France. He is also serving as a Lachmann Fellow at the London School of Economics in 2006-08. Professor Fleurbaey coedited the Cambridge University Press journal Economics and Philosophy from 2000 to 2004.
Maurice Salles is Professor of Economics at the University of Caen, France, where he has taught since 1984. Coordinating editor of the journal Social Choice and Welfare since 1984, he coedited the volume Social Choice, Welfare, and Ethics (Cambridge University Press, 1995) and has served as an Honorary Research Associate at the London School of Economics since 2002.
John A. Weymark is Professor of Economics at Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee. He served as Professor of Economics at the University of British Columbia from 1986 to 1999. Professor Weymark is President-Elect of the Society for Social Choice and Welfare through 2007 and also serves as a Managing Editor of the journal Social Choice and Welfare.
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作者: Marc Fleurbaey (Editor), Maurice Salles (Editor), John A. Weymark (Editor)
出版社: Cambridge University Press; 1 edition (January 28, 2008)
语言: English
ISBN-10: 0521640938
ISBN-13: 978-0521640930
Book Description
The utlitiarian economist and Nobel Laureate John Harsanyi and the liberal egalitarian philosopher John Rawls were two of the most eminent scholars writing on problems of social justice in the last century. The contributions to this volume, addressed to an interdisciplinary audience, pay tribute to them by investigating themes that figure prominently in their work. In some cases, the contributors explore issues considered by Harsanyi and Rawls in more depth and from novel perspectives. In others, the contributors use the work of Harsanyi and Rawls as points of departure for pursuing the construction of new theories for the evaluation of social justice.
Review
"As befits a joint tribute to Harsanyi and Rawls, this edited collection explores overlapping themes from the disciplines of philosophy, politics, and economics - especially their connections via the theories of games and of ethical social choice, for which both these scholars' work had such enormous significance. There are notable contributions by 23 eminent authors, including Harsanyi himself, nearly all of whom have several earlier publications that have become widely recognized as valuable interdisciplinary contributions. Much value is added by the three editors' unusually thorough introduction, explicitly designed to relate each later contribution to the topics mentioned in the title. As a whole, the book serves as an overdue and fitting reminder not only of our great debts to Harsanyi and Rawls in particular, but also of how philosophy, politics, and economics have always had some close links. Moreover, many chapters exemplify very well how there will always be interesting recent developments in any one of these three disciplines that should be of great interest to practitioners in the other two." -- Peter Hammond, University of Warwick
"This is a collection of authoritative essays on utilitarianism, justice, and liberalism by eminent scholars. The editors are to be thanked for this exceptionally stimulating volume which explores some of the central issues in political and social philosophy." -- Prasanta K. Pattanaik, University of California, Riverside
"This is a state of the art collection of essays on the works of Rawls and Harsanyi with a superb introduction. Economists and philosophers with interests in well being, social aggregation, cooperation, or liberty will want to read this volume." -- Peter Vallentyne, University of Missouri-Columbia
About the Author
Marc Fleurbaey is Professor at the Centre de Recherché Sens, Éthique, Société (CERSES) at the University of Paris-5 and Research Director at the CNRS, France. He is also serving as a Lachmann Fellow at the London School of Economics in 2006-08. Professor Fleurbaey coedited the Cambridge University Press journal Economics and Philosophy from 2000 to 2004.
Maurice Salles is Professor of Economics at the University of Caen, France, where he has taught since 1984. Coordinating editor of the journal Social Choice and Welfare since 1984, he coedited the volume Social Choice, Welfare, and Ethics (Cambridge University Press, 1995) and has served as an Honorary Research Associate at the London School of Economics since 2002.
John A. Weymark is Professor of Economics at Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee. He served as Professor of Economics at the University of British Columbia from 1986 to 1999. Professor Weymark is President-Elect of the Society for Social Choice and Welfare through 2007 and also serves as a Managing Editor of the journal Social Choice and Welfare.
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