Behavioral Economics and Bioethics (eBook)

A Journey

Li Way Lee (Autor)

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2018 | 1st ed. 2018
XI, 113 Seiten
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-319-89779-0 (ISBN)

Infos

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. 

Li Way Lee is a Professor in the Department of Economics at Wayne State University, USA. He is also a member of the Society for the Advancement of Behavioral Economics (SABE).

Inhalt

1. IntroductionPART ISelves in a Patient 2. The Patient Who Changes His Mind3. The Two Selves in My Friend Addict4. The Oregon Paradox PART IIPhysician and Patient5. The Two-Headed Physician6. The Governance of DeathPART III Young People and Old People 7. The Public Health Roulettes8. The Long Shadow of Caregiving9. International Justice in Elder Care: The Long RunPART IV People and Animals10. The Making of Modern Cruelty11. Two Animal Ethics; Many More Economic Lessons12. Revenges by the CAFO PigsPART VPresent People and Future People13. Future Earth: A View from the Rainbow Bridge

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 11.4.2018
• Reihe/Serie: Palgrave Advances in Behavioral Economics
• Reihe/Serie: Palgrave Advances in Behavioral Economics
• Zusatzinfo: XI, 113 p. 23 illus.
• Verlagsort: Cham
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Ethik
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Allgemeines / Lexika
• Themenwelt: Wirtschaft ► Volkswirtschaftslehre
• Schlagworte: addiction • Behavioral Economics • benefit-and-cost analysis • Bioethics • concentrated-animals-feeding operations • euthanasia • healthcare proxy • john nash jr • Justice • Rationality
• ISBN-10: 3-319-89779-9 / 3319897799
• ISBN-13: 978-3-319-89779-0 / 9783319897790