JEM098 -Philosophy and Economics
Spring semester 2011

Lecturers:

Tomáš Sedláček
atomsedlacek@gmail.com

Martin Pospíšil
Pospisil.martin@gmail.com

Literature:

Tomas Sedlacek: Economics of Good and Evil

The Quest for Economic Meaning from Gilgamesh to Wall Street

Nelson, Robert H.: Economics as Religion

-Chapter 3: The Market Mechanism as a Religious Statement

-Chapter 4: Apostle of Scientific Management

-Chapter 7: Chicago Versus the Ten Commandments

-Chapter 10: God Bless the Market

Mini, Piero V.: Philosophy and Economics

-Chapter 1: Some Observations on Methodological Studies

-Chapter 8: The Meaning of Economics

1) The Epic of Gilgamesh: On Efficiency, Immortality and the Economy of Friendship

Epic of Gilgamesh

2)The Old Testament

Sombart, W.: The Jews and Modern Capitalism

-Chapter 1: Introductory (5)

-Chapter 5: The Foudations of the Modern State (7)

-Chapter 6: The Predominance of Commerce in Economic Life (38)

-Chapter 7: The Growth of a Capitalistic Point of View in Economic Life (28)

-The Old Testament

-Weber, M.: Ancient Judaism

3) Ancient Philosophy and Economics

Ancient Economic Thought

-Chapter 5: Reflection of Ancient Economic Thought in Greek Poetry(60)

-Chapter 6: Greek Economic Thought: Initiator of the Mediterranean Tradition(20)

4)Christian Philosophy

Novak, M.: Three in One - Essays on Democratic Capitalism

-Chapter 17, How Christianity Changed Political Economy (10)

Novak, M.: The Catholic Ethic and The Spirit of Capitalism

5) Komensky's Philosophy

6) Descartes the Mechanic

Mini, P.: Philosophy and Economics

-Chapter 2: The Epistemological Background

7) Bernard Mandeville

Mandeville, B.: The Fable of the Bees

http://www.xs4all.nl/~maartens/philosophy/mandeville/fable_of_bees.html

8) Adam Smith

Smith, A.: Theory of Moral Sentiments

Smith. A.: An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations

Mill, J. S.: Utilitarianism

Hume, D.: An Enquiry Concerning The Principles of Moral

9) Mathematics

Russell, B.: Mysticism and Logic and Other Essays

10) Destructive Creativity, Keynes

11) Homo Economicus

Becker, The Economic Approach

Sen, A.: On Ethics and Economics