The "vanity of the philosopher" : from equality to hierarchy in postclassical economics / / Sandra J. Peart & David M. Levy

• Autore: Peart Sandra
• Pubblicazione: Ann Arbor : , : University of Michigan Press, , c2005
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (344 p.)
• Disciplina: 330.153
• Soggetto topico: Economics - History - 19th century; Classical school of economics; Equality - Economic aspects; Eugenics - Economic aspects
• Altri autori: LevyDavid M. <1944->
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (pages 283-305) and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: Analytical egalitarianism and its opposition -- Perceiving race and hierarchy -- Hierarchy and transformation : "chemical political economy" -- Denying human homogeneity : eugenics and the making of postclassical economics -- Statistical prejudice : from eugenics to immigration -- Picking losers for sterilization : eugenics as demographic central planning -- Sympathy and its discontents : "greatest happiness" versus the "general good" -- "Who are the canters?" : the coalition of evangelical-economic egalitarians -- A discipline without sympathy : the happiness of the majority and its demise -- Darwin and the differential capacity for happiness : from cardinal to ordinal utility theory -- Analytical egalitarianism, anecdotal evidence, and information aggregation via proverbial wisdom -- Sympathy and the past : our "stock in dead people" reconsidered -- Postscript : a letter from M. Ali Khan.
• Titolo autorizzato: The "vanity of the philosopher"
• ISBN: 1-282-44515-4; 9786612445156; 0-472-02388-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910792445203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II