Abstract
Communitarians claim that (a) welfare criteria supported by economists lack a 'moral dimension'; (b) methodological individualism employed in economic models ignores the fact that individuals are capable of unselfish acts; (c) the moral attitudes of economists and the imperfections of their analysis leads to misleading policy advice. Each of these contentions is considered in turn and ultimately rejected.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 497-510 |
| Number of pages | 14 |
| Journal | Kyklos |
| Volume | 52 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| Publication status | Published - 1999 |