The Ethics and the Economics of Minimalist Government
| Author/creator | Roth, Timothy P. Author |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Northampton : Edward Elgar Publishing, Incorporated |
| Description | 144 p. ill 09.250 x 06.125 in. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from eBooks on EBSCOhost |
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| Summary | Annotation "Because it is technically flawed and morally bankrupt, the author argues, the economist's consequence-based, procedurally detached theory of the state has contributed to the growth of government. As part of the Kantian/Rawlsian contractarian project, this book seeks to return economics to its foundations in moral philosophy. Given the moral equivalence of persons, the greatest possible equal participation must be promoted, persons must be impartially treated and, because it is grounded in consequentialist social welfare theory (SWT), the economist's theory of the state must be rejected. Ad hoc depoyment of SWT has facilitated discriminatory rent seeking and contributed to larger government. In contrast, this book argues that equal political participation and a constitutional impartiality constraint minimize rent seeking, respect individual perceptions of the 'public good' and underwrite the legitimacy of government. Economists, moral philosophers and political scientists will find this book a unique contribution to the literature."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2002023260 |
| ISBN | 9781840646764 |
| ISBN | 1840646764 (Trade Cloth) Active Record |
| Standard identifier# | 9781840646764 |
| Stock number | 00123902 |
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