Externalities 7. Gregory Kavka and Future Generations
This is the seventh of a series examining the moral dimensions of economic “externalities”, the spillover or incidental side effects in market activity. The series is available in expanded form, with an introductory chapter and updated essays, as an e-book … Read More
Externalities 6. Harold Demsetz and Paul Heyne on Ethics and Property Rights
This is the sixth of a series examining the moral dimensions of economic “externalities,” the spillover or incidental side effects in market activity. The series is available in expanded form, with an introductory chapter and updated essays, as an e-book … Read More
Externalities 5. Daniel Hausman: Externalities and Justice
This is the fifth of a series examining the moral dimensions of economic “externalities”, the spillover or incidental side effects in market activity. The series is available in expanded form, with an introductory chapter and updated essays, as an e-book … Read More
Externalities 4. Steven Cheung: The Myth of Social Cost
This is the fourth of a series examining the moral dimensions of economic “externalities”, the spillover or incidental side effects in market activity. The series is available in expanded form, with an introductory chapter and updated essays, as an e-book … Read More
Externalities 3. Carl Dahlman: Externalities Are Normative
This is the third of a series examining the moral dimensions of economic “externalities”, the spillover or incidental side effects in market activity. The series is available in expanded form, with an introductory chapter and updated essays, as an e-book … Read More
Externalities 2. Ronald Coase: Externalities are Reciprocal
This is the second of a series examining the moral dimensions of economic “externalities”, the spillover or incidental side effects in market activity. The series is available in expanded form, with an introductory chapter and updated essays, as an e-book … Read More
Externalities 1. A.C. Pigou: Welfare Economics
This is the first of a series examining the moral dimensions of economic “externalities”, the spillover or incidental side effects in market activity. The series is available in expanded form, with an introductory chapter and updated essays, as an e-book … Read More
Una Noche: Cuba through a Cuban lens
A friend – himself a Cuban – recently sent me his review of a made-in-Cuba movie, Una Noche. As he notes, “the Cuba in which this movie is filmed should be a social equalizer’s paradise;” he outlines how the island … Read More
Peter Railton: Alienation, Consequentialism, and the Demands of Morality
Peter Railton’s article on alienation and consequentialism seems to me to share something of Doug Portmore’s consequentializing project. I will briefly explain how I see that. Railton proposes taking two views of consequentialism: subjective consequentialism and objective consequentialism. Subjective consequentialism … Read More
Jonathan Dancy: Moral Particularism
In his SEP article presenting moral particularism, Jonathan Dancy defended particularism against “absolute” and “contributory” moral generalism. Absolute moral generalism claims that a moral principle is “a universal claim to the effect that all actions of a certain type are … Read More