Description: In this comprehensive collection of essays, most of which appear for the first time, eminent scholars from many disciplines-philosophy, economics, sociology, political science, demography, theology, history, and social psychology-examine the causes, nature, and consequences of...
Brief description: Amartya Sen is Lamont University Professor at Harvard University, and also Professor of Economics and Philosophy there. Previously he was the Drummond Professor of Political Economy at Oxford and, earlier, Professor of Economics at the London School of Economics, Delhi University and Jadavpur University. His publications include Collective Choice and Social Welfare; Choice; Welfare and Measurement; Poverty and Famines; On Ethics and Economics; and Inequality Reexamined, among others. He is past president of the Econometric Society, the International Economic Association, the Indian Economic Association and the American Economic Association.
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"The focus on ethical issues and the incorporation of religious perspectives make this collection unusual and valuable. . . . No book that I've read provides such a sustained debate on the ethical issues of consumption." --Richard Wilk, distinguished professor emeritus, Indiana University, Environment
"Ethics of Consumption: The Good Life, Justice and Global Stewardship represents a much needed collection of readings aimed at thinking philosophically about consumption. These essays provide a useful perspective rarely found in books about consumption. ...useful and insightful material... One only wishes it would become part of the MBA curriculum, for it makes exceedingly clear how consumptiongravely threatens our vision of the good life." --Jonathan Schroeder and janet Borgeson, The Journal of Consumer Affairs "The first and only anthology on the subject of consumption and ethics. Its strength is in the cumulative impact of a number of excellent individual selections that create a background for further thought and reflection on consumption. The volume is a tremendous effort, one worth reading and worth using in any relevant course." --Bart Gruzalski, Environmental Ethics "The volume develops many important themes and is worth mining for illuminating facts and perspectives. TTTTT" --American Political Science Review "The collection offers considerable insight and is a necessary resource for anyone working in the area." --Ethics: An International Journal of Social, Political, and Legal Philosophy "Ethics of Consumption is an excellent start at taking consumption and the consumer society seriously by making connections between the life we live and the world we live in. It would make a useful . . . supplementary text for undergraduate courses . . . One only wishes it would become part of the MBA curriculum, for it makes exceedingly clear how consumption . . . gravely threatens our vision of the good life." --Janet Borgerson, Brown University, The Journal of Consumer Affairs "Ethics of Consumption: The Good Life, Justice and Global Stewardship represents a much needed collection of readings aimed at thinking philosophically about consumption. These essays provide a useful perspective rarely found in books about consumption. ...useful and insightful material... One only wishes it would become part of the MBA curriculum, for it makes exceedingly clear how consumptiongravely threatens our vision of the good life." --Jonathan Schroeder and janet Borgeson, The Journal of Consumer Affairs "The first and only anthology on the subject of consumption and ethics. Its strength is in the cumulative impact of a number of excellent individual selections that create a background for further thought and reflection on consumption.The volume is a tremendous effort, one worth reading and worth using in any relevant course." --Bart Gruzalski, Environmental Ethics "The volume develops many important themes and is worth mining for illuminating facts and perspectives. T" --American Political Science Review "A terribly provocative set of essays, in the end an unapologetic search for general principles-scientific and normative-that could lead to an ethic of consumption, a set of criteria that could help experts and laypeople alike assess the personal, institutional, and environment impacts of consuming." --Journal Of Industrial Ecology