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The Role of Economics and Ethics in Civilisation and Progress
John Conway O'BrienThe main purpose of this contribution lies in the attempt to show that the future of western civilisation has been placed in jeopardy as a result of the declining influence of the…
Inflation: The Moral‐Behavioural Aspect
Arnold F. McKeeHigh inbuilt inflation is a frightening problem for many western societies, undermining not merely the efficiency of the economy but the moral strength of participants as well…
The Artist's Perception of the Typical Businessman: Selfish, Greedy, Conniving and Thoroughly Amoral
R.F. O'NeilThe attack on the institution of business is acelerating at a more furious pace. In this post‐Watergate era the momentum of the assault is being fuelled by the almost daily…
Solidarity: From Dogma to Economic System: Juan Donoso Cortes and Heinrich Pesch, S.J.
Rupert J. EdererThe title indicates an evolution which in the prevailing idiom of economics would not be possible. One does not develop an economic system from a dogma, depending to some extent…
The Economic Consequences of Altruism
Walter W. HainesAltruism seens to have a bad name among economists. Adam Smith pointed out that self‐interest, under the benign guidance of the invisible hand, was the engine that made the…
Exchange Value in the Value Hierarchy
Peter L. DannerFundamental to an understanding of how ethical and economic principles mesh in human action is clarifying the relation between the concepts of philosophic value and economic…
Ethics and the Capitalist‐Liberal Organisation: Implications for a Social Economy in the United States
James W. EvansOver the last several years, reports of scandals and questionable business and political behaviour have appeared in American society with seemingly increasing frequency. They…
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- Professor Terence Garrett