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VIRTUAL EVENT: Choosing well - why behavioral economics is misleading us
26 May 2021, 5:30 pm–7:00 pm
In this webinar, Professor Daryl Koehn (DePaul University, Chicago, USA) considers why the trendy behavioral economics approach to choice is ethically problematic.
This event is free.
Event Information
Open to
- All
Availability
- Yes
Cost
- Free
Organiser
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Alison Brady
According to Professor Koehn, the behavioral economics approach:
- misunderstands the role that character and life goals play in accounting for the why of ethical behaviour
- fundamentally misconceives human practical rationality
- often unduly narrows the range of human action and choice
- misleadingly assumes that options are merely given to us rather than generated by us in accordance with our character
- is parasitic upon normative ethics, the prescriptive norms that econoethics largely simply presupposes
- and employs an unhelpful ad hoc approach to ethical thinking.
PESGB seminar series
The Philosophy of Education Society of Great Britain (PESGB) is a learned society that promotes the study, teaching and application of philosophy of education. Its London Branch hosts seminars every Wednesday in conjunction with Philosophy at the Institute of Education.
These seminars are led by national and international scholars in the field, covering a wide range of issues of educational and philosophical concern. All are welcome to attend.
Links
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About the Speaker
Professor Daryl Koehn
Wicklander Chair of Business Ethics and Managing Director at the Institute for Business and Professional Ethics (IBPE) at DePaul University in Chicago
Daryl has published widely in the fields of ethics, political theory, and corporate governance.
Her monographs include:
- 'The Ground of Professional Ethics'
- 'The Nature of Evil'
- 'Rethinking Feminist Ethic'
- ''Local Insights, Global Ethics'
- 'Living with the Dragon: Thinking and Acting Ethically in a World of Unintended Consequences'
- 'Toward a New (Old) Theory of Responsibility'.
Edited volumes include 'Corporate Governance: Ethics across the Board and Ethics and Aesthetics in Business Ethics'.