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100 1 $aPeart, Sandra.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n95120653
245 15 $aThe "vanity of the philosopher" :$bfrom equality to hierarchy in postclassical economics /$cSandra J. Peart, & David M. Levy.
260 $aAnn Arbor :$bUniversity of Michigan Press,$c[2005], ©2005.
300 $axviii, 323 pages :$billustrations ;$c23 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 283-305) and indexes.
505 00 $gPt. I.$tEquality versus hierarchy -- $g1.$tAnalytical egalitarianism and its opposition -- $g2.$tPerceiving race and hierarchy -- $gPt. II.$tClassical economics and the cattle herders -- $g3.$tHierarchy and transformation : "chemical political economy" -- $g4.$tDenying human homogeneity : eugenics and the making of postclassical economics -- $g5.$tStatistical prejudice : from eugenics to immigration -- $g6.$tPicking losers for sterilization : eugenics as demographic central planning -- $gPt. III.$tDebating sympathy -- $g7.$tSympathy and its discontents : "greatest happiness" versus the "general good" -- $g8.$t"Who are the canters?" : the coalition of evangelical-economic egalitarians -- $g9.$tA discipline without sympathy : the happiness of the majority and its demise -- $g10.$tDarwin and the differential capacity for happiness : from cardinal to ordinal utility theory -- $gPt. IV.$tThe theorist in the model -- $g11.$tAnalytical egalitarianism, anecdotal evidence, and information aggregation via proverbial wisdom -- $gPt. V.$tConclusion -- $g12.$tSympathy and the past : our "stock in dead people" reconsidered -- $tPostscript : a letter from M. Ali Khan -- $gApp.$tGalton's two papers on voting as robust estimation.
520 1 $a"The "Vanity of the Philosopher" continues the themes introduced in Levy's acclaimed book How the Dismal Science Got Its Name." "Here, Sandra J. Peart and David M. Levy tackle the issues of racism, eugenics, hierarchy, and egalitarianism in classical economics and take a broad view of classical economics' doctrine of human equality. Responding to perennial accusations from the left and the right that the market economy has created either inequality or too much equality, the authors trace the role of the eugenics movement in pulling economics away from the classical economist's respect for the individual toward a more racist view at the turn of the century." "The "Vanity of the Philosopher" reveals the consequences of hierarchy in social science. It shows how the "vanity of the philosopher" had led to recommendations that range from the more benign but still objectionable "looking after" paternalism, to overriding preferences, and, in the extreme, to eliminating purportedly bad preferences. The authors suggest that an approach that abstracts from difference and presumes equal competence is morally compelling."--BOOK JACKET.
650 0 $aEconomics$xHistory$y19th century.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85040855
650 0 $aClassical school of economics.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85026712
650 0 $aEquality$xEconomic aspects.
650 0 $aEugenics$xEconomic aspects.
700 1 $aLevy, David M.,$d1944-$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79086604
856 41 $3Table of contents only$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip055/2004030730.html
856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0617/2004030730-d.html
852 00 $bbar$hHB85$i.P43 2005