The "vanity of the philosopher" : from equality to hierarchy in postclassical economics / Sandra J. Peart & David M. Levy.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Peart, Sandra.

Contributor:

Levy, David M., 1944-

Michigan Publishing (University of Michigan), publisher.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Economics--History--19th century.

Classical school of economics.

Equality--Economic aspects.

Eugenics--Economic aspects.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (344 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, c2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Attempts to explain the shift from egalitarian Classical economic thought to the difference and hierarchy of post-Classical economic thinking.

Contents:

Analytical egalitarianism and its opposition

Perceiving race and hierarchy

Hierarchy and transformation : "chemical political economy"

Denying human homogeneity : eugenics and the making of postclassical economics

Statistical prejudice : from eugenics to immigration

Picking losers for sterilization : eugenics as demographic central planning

Sympathy and its discontents : "greatest happiness" versus the "general good"

"Who are the canters?" : the coalition of evangelical-economic egalitarians

A discipline without sympathy : the happiness of the majority and its demise

Darwin and the differential capacity for happiness : from cardinal to ordinal utility theory

Analytical egalitarianism, anecdotal evidence, and information aggregation via proverbial wisdom

Sympathy and the past : our "stock in dead people" reconsidered

Postscript : a letter from M. Ali Khan.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 283-305) and indexes.

Description based on information from the publisher.

ISBN:

9786612445156

9781282445154

1282445154

9780472023882

0472023888

OCLC:

652179865