Syllabus
JEM098 -Philosophy and Economics Spring semester 2011
Lecturers:
Tomáš Sedláček atomsedlacek@gmail.com Martin Pospíšil Pospisil.martin@gmail.com
Literature:
Tomas Sedlacek: Economics of Good and Evil
The Quest for Economic Meaning from Gilgamesh to Wall Street
Nelson, Robert H.: Economics as Religion
-Chapter 3: The Market Mechanism as a Religious Statement
-Chapter 4: Apostle of Scientific Management
-Chapter 7: Chicago Versus the Ten Commandments
-Chapter 10: God Bless the Market
Mini, Piero V.: Philosophy and Economics
-Chapter 1: Some Observations on Methodological Studies
-Chapter 8: The Meaning of Economics 1) The Epic of Gilgamesh: On Efficiency, Immortality and the Economy of Friendship
Epic of Gilgamesh 2)The Old Testament
Sombart, W.: The Jews and Modern Capitalism
-Chapter 1: Introductory (5)
-Chapter 5: The Foudations of the Modern State (7)
-Chapter 6: The Predominance of Commerce in Economic Life (38)
-Chapter 7: The Growth of a Capitalistic Point of View in Economic Life (28)
-The Old Testament
-Weber, M.: Ancient Judaism 3) Ancient Philosophy and Economics
Ancient Economic Thought
-Chapter 5: Reflection of Ancient Economic Thought in Greek Poetry(60)
-Chapter 6: Greek Economic Thought: Initiator of the Mediterranean Tradition(20) 4)Christian Philosophy
Novak, M.: Three in One - Essays on Democratic Capitalism
-Chapter 17, How Christianity Changed Political Economy (10)
Novak, M.: The Catholic Ethic and The Spirit of Capitalism 5) Komensky's Philosophy 6) Descartes the Mechanic
Mini, P.: Philosophy and Economics
-Chapter 2: The Epistemological Background 7) Bernard Mandeville
Mandeville, B.: The Fable of the Bees http://www.xs4all.nl/~maartens/philosophy/mandeville/fable_of_bees.html 8) Adam Smith
Smith, A.: Theory of Moral Sentiments
Smith. A.: An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations
Mill, J. S.: Utilitarianism
Hume, D.: An Enquiry Concerning The Principles of Moral 9) Mathematics
Russell, B.: Mysticism and Logic and Other Essays 10) Destructive Creativity, Keynes 11) Homo Economicus
Becker, The Economic Approach
Sen, A.: On Ethics and Economics