Then Athena Said

Unilateral Transfers and the Transformation of Objectivist Ethics

Kathleen Touchstone (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

448 Seiten

2006
University Press of America (Verlag)
978-0-7618-3519-6 (ISBN)

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According to Objectivist David Kelley, financier Michael Milken has done more for mankind than humanitarian Mother Teresa. Working from this statement, Then Athena Said examines Objectivism, a philosophy founded by Ayn Rand, and ultimately concludes, in opposition to essential claims of Objectivism, that other people are a fundamental part of reality. In making this claim, Then Athena Said reconsiders Objectivism's central social tenet, the Trader Principle, which dictates the bilateral exchange of value for value between independent equals; elevates "reproductivity" to be on par with productivity, Objectivism's central virtue; and derives a "heuristic" for charitable giving. Relying, in part, upon economic theory, decision theory under uncertainty, and game theory, Then Athena Said examines unilateral transfers—including charity, childrearing, bequests, retribution, gifts, favors, forgiveness, and various infringements against persons or property—within the Objectivist framework.

Kathleen Touchstone is an Assistant Professor at Troy University, Atlantic Region. She received both her M.A. and Ph.D. in Economics from Florida State University and has published numerous articles in scholarly journals.

Part 1 Preface
Chapter 2 1. The Basis for Objectivist Ethics
Chapter 3 2. Reproductivity
Chapter 4 3. Forced Unilateral Transfers and Retaliation in a State of Nature
Chapter 5 4. Decision-Making on a Desert Island
Chapter 6 5. Decision-Making with Two Players
Chapter 7 6. The Primary Social Unit (PSU)
Chapter 8 7. Rights: Positive and Negative
Chapter 9 8. Ownership
Chapter 10 9. Intellectual Property: Unilateral Transfers
Chapter 11 10. The Social Contract
Chapter 12 11. Value
Chapter 13 12. Productivity and Destiny
Chapter 14 13. Replacement Capital
Chapter 15 14. The Consumption-Saving Decision
Chapter 16 15. Ethical Decision-Making
Chapter 17 16. Charity
Chapter 18 17. Favors, Forgiveness, and Emotions
Part 19 Summary
Part 20 Appendix 1
Part 21 Appendix 2
Part 22 References

Erscheint lt. Verlag	23.8.2006
Verlagsort	Lanham, MD
Sprache	englisch
Maße	171 x 229 mm
Gewicht	649 g
Themenwelt	Sonstiges ► Geschenkbücher
	Wirtschaft ► Allgemeines / Lexika
	Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management ► Unternehmensführung / Management
	Wirtschaft ► Volkswirtschaftslehre
ISBN-10	0-7618-3519-9 / 0761835199
ISBN-13	978-0-7618-3519-6 / 9780761835196
Zustand	Neuware