Behavioral Economics and Bioethics

Behavioral Economics and Bioethics

by Li Way Lee
Epub (Kobo), Epub (Adobe)
Publication Date: 24/04/2018

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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.

ISBN:
9783319897790
9783319897790
Category:
Behavioural economics
Format:
Epub (Kobo), Epub (Adobe)
Publication Date:
24-04-2018
Language:
English
Publisher:
Springer International Publishing

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