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The book has two subjects, first the ethical theory of the economic order, and secondly the critique of sociobiology and its theory of evolution. The first part, the ethics of capitalism, analyzes the rise of capitalism and the business ethics and moral theory of a capitalist economic order in a perspective from philosophy and economics. The second part, a critique of sociobiology, gives a philosophical assessment of sociobiology's contribution to the theory of the economy and society and of its impact for metaphysics and a general world view. James M. Buchanan, Nobel prize winner in economics, discusses the first part of the book in his comment ""The Morality of Capitalism"".

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Author:   Peter Koslowski
Publisher:   Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG
Imprint:   Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K
Edition:   Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 1996
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 0.80cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.454kg
ISBN:  

9783642082467

ISBN 10:   3642082467
Pages:   142
Publication Date:   04 December 2010
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Contents: The Ethics of Capitalism: What Does Morality of an Economic System Mean?- The Development Toward Capitalism.- Conceptions of the Market Economy: Models of Mechanism and Models of Interaction.- Morals in Capitalism, or: Are Morals Superfluous in a Working Market?- The Morality of Capitalism and the Limits of Its Justification.- Some Social-Philosophical Conclusions.- The Morality of Capitalism. Comment on Peter Koslwoski, the Ethics of Capitalism.- Evolution and Society. A Critique of Sociobiology: The Concept and Program of Sociobiology.- Sociobiology as Bioeconomics.- On the Ontology of the Theory of Evolution.- Natural Economy Versus Social Economy.- The Sphere of the Mind, or: Unsolved Problems of Sociobiology.- Sociobiology as a World-view and the Choice Between World-views.

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