Taking Preferences Seriously

摘要: Over the years, mainstream economics has slowly drifted away from its philosophic roots. Nowadays, economists–I consider myself one of them–seem to juggle routinely with concepts such as preferences, beliefs, welfare and self-interest without spending much attention on how these should be interpreted in a philosophically sound way. Obviously, this trend is scientifically regrettable even potentially dangerous. Preference, Value, Choice Welfare offers great help any socia...