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1、EconomicAnalysis,MoralPhilosophy,andPublicPolicySecondEditionEconomicAnalysis,MoralPhilosophy,andPublicPolicyshowsthroughargu-mentandnumerousexampleshowunderstandingmoralphilosophycanim-proveeconomicanalysis,howmoralphilosophycanbenefitfromeconomists’analytic
2、altools,andhoweconomicanalysisandmoralphilosophytogethercaninformpublicpolicy.PartIexploresrationalityanditsconnectionstomorality.Itarguesthatindefendingtheirmodelofrationality,mainstreameconomistsimplicitlyespousecontestablemoralprinciples.PartIIconcernswel
3、fare,utilitarianism,andstan-dardwelfareeconomics,andPartIIIconsidersimportantmoralnotionsthatareleftoutofstandardwelfareeconomics,suchasfreedom,rights,equality,andjustice.PartIIIalsoemphasizesthevarietyofmoralconsiderationsthatarerelevanttoevaluatingpolicies
4、.PartIVthenintroducestechnicalworkinsocialchoicetheoryandgametheorythatisguidedbyethicalconceptsandrel-evanttomoraltheorizing.Chaptersincluderecommendedreadings,andthebookincludesaglossaryofrelevantterms.DanielM.HausmanisHerbertA.SimonProfessorofPhilosophyat
5、theUniver-sityofWisconsin–Madison.Heistheauthororeditorofsevenbooks,includ-ingCausalAsymmetries(1998),EssaysonPhilosophyandEconomicMethodology(1992),TheSeparateandInexactScienceofEconomics(1992),botheditionsofThePhilosophyofEconomics:AnAnthology(1984,1994),a
6、ndEconomicAnalysisandMoralPhilosophy(CambridgeSurveysinEconomicLiterature,1996,withMichaelMcPherson),allpublishedbyCambridgeUniversityPress.ProfessorHausmanhasworkedonissuesinvolvingethicsandeconomics,foundationalquestionsconcerningthenatureofrationality,eco
7、nomicmethodology,andcausation.Heiscurrentlystudyingtherelationsbetweenhealth,welfare,andpreferences.MichaelS.McPherson,PresidentoftheSpencerFoundationinChicago,ispastPresidentofMacalesterCollege(St.Paul,Minnesota)andservedasDeanofFacultyandProfessorofEconomi
8、csatWilliamsCollege.HehasbeenaFellowoftheInstituteforAdvancedStudyinPrincetonandSeniorFellowattheBrook-ingsInstitution.JointlywithDanielM.HausmanhefoundedandeditedtheCambridgeUniversityPressjour