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Record Nr.

UNINA9910299645903321

Autore

Lee Li Way

Titolo

Behavioral Economics and Bioethics : A Journey / / by Li Way Lee

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Pivot, , 2018

ISBN

3-319-89779-9

Edizione

[1st ed. 2018.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (117 pages)

Collana

Palgrave Advances in Behavioral Economics, , 2662-3846

Disciplina

174.957

Soggetti

Behavioral economics

Bioethics

Economic history

Health economics

Medical ethics

Behavioral/Experimental Economics

History of Economic Thought/Methodology

Health Economics

Theory of Medicine/Bioethics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

1. Introduction -- 2. The Patient Who Changes His Mind -- 3. The Two Selves in My Friend Addict -- 4. The Oregon Paradox -- 5. The Two-Headed Physician -- 6. The Governance of Death -- 7. The Public Health Roulettes -- 8. The Long Shadow of Caregiving -- 9. International Justice in Elder Care: The Long Run -- 10. The Making of Modern Cruelty -- 11. Two Animal Ethics; Many More Economic Lessons -- 12. Revenges by the CAFO Pigs -- 13. Future Earth: A View from the Rainbow Bridge.

Sommario/riassunto

This book takes readers on a journey through the wide universe of bioethics, raising the following question: what is the proper attitude towards health, life, and death from the perspective of contemporary behavioral economics? Drawing on fields as diverse as economics, ethics, ecology, biology, and philosophy, this book seeks to uncover the bioethics we accomplish, not the moral principles that we advocate.



This book covers life-and-death issues arranged around five themes: selves, persons, populations, species, and “Future Earth”. Ultimately, the author illustrates two kinds of justice: static and dynamic. Static justice prevails whenever parties are free to bargain with each other, while dynamic justice follows from parties' interactions over time. An examination into these types of justice reveals one particularly striking phenomenon: attempts by others to tip the balance of justice have a tendency to backfire. Of primary interest to behavioral economists, this book will also appeal to scholars studying bioethics, ecology, medicine, and philosophy, as well as all people dealing with issues of health, dying, and death. .