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Philosophy and Economics

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JEM098

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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