Table of Contents

PART I Ethics and economics

1 Introduction

2 Eudaimonia: the ancients and the good life

3 The impact of the ancients

4 Conceptions of rationality: thin, thick, and ancient

PART II Ethics and public policy

5 The problem of pathological consumption

6 Economics, ethics, and the environment

7 Reason, ethics, and the end of life

8 Towards a virtuous public finance

9 Final thoughts on virtue, the market, and policy

About the Author

Donald G. Richards is Professor of Economics at Indiana State University. His research interests have focused on international economics and international political economy, writing on intellectual property rights and welfare. In recent years his research has concentrated on sustainability and the environment.