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Comment on White on the Relationship between Economics and Ethics

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  • John B. Davis

    (Department of Economics Marquette University)

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This short comment on Mark White's comment on the relationship of economics and ethics focuses on the nature of economics and ethics as an emergent field of investigation. It discusses different types of between-discipline fields, and compares crossdisciplinary and transdisciplinary interpretations of economics and ethics. The 'domestication' thesis associated with borrowing across disciplines is examined in terms of the idea of a metaphorical transfers. Institutional constraints on between-discipline developments are evaluated relative to increasing specialization within and across disciplines. The transdisciplinary interpretation of economics and ethics if given a complexity theory explanation.

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  • John B. Davis, 2018. "Comment on White on the Relationship between Economics and Ethics," Working Papers and Research 2018-03, Marquette University, Center for Global and Economic Studies and Department of Economics.
    • Handle: RePEc:mrq:wpaper:2018-03
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    Keywords

    crossdisciplinary; transdisciplinary; trolley problem; domestication; specialization; complexity;
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    JEL classification:

    • A12 - General Economics and Teaching - - General Economics - - - Relation of Economics to Other Disciplines
    • B41 - Schools of Economic Thought and Methodology - - Economic Methodology - - - Economic Methodology

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