Course Details
Country:
Ireland
Institution:
University of Galway
Course Title:
Economics and Philosophy
Course Number:
EC3100
Course Description:
This module will explore the interface between economic analysis and moral philosophy. It will show how insights and analytical tools from economics can contribute to ethics, and demonstrate how an understanding of moral philosophy can improve economic analysis. Topics covered include: rationality and the preference axioms, welfare, efficiency and consequentialism, rights, theories of distributive justice, social choice theory, game theory and decision theory.
Language:
English
Approved Equivalent:
ECON 3---
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