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No DR 07006: The moral layer of contemporary economics: A virtue-ethics perspective

radu vranceanu ()
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radu vranceanu: ESSEC Business School, Postal: Avenue Bernard Hirsch - B.P. 50105, 95021 CERGY-PONTOISE Cedex , FRANCE,

Abstract: This paper questions whether the contemporary science of economics and its recommendations are built on sound moral foundations as assessed from a virtue-based definition of ethical behaviour. We argue that the model of man underlying economic analyses can correspond to the model of a virtuous person, and that economics, by advocating reasoned choice and careful resource utilization, makes a positive contribution to the moral development of individuals.

Keywords: Economics; Efficiency; Rationality; Tastes; Virtue Ethics

JEL-codes: A11; A13

23 pages, April 2007

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