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This book takes readers on a journey through the wide universe of bioethics, raising the following question: what is the proper attitude towards health, life, and death from the perspective of contemporary behavioral economics? Drawing on fields as diverse as economics, ethics, ecology, biology, and philosophy, this book seeks to uncover the bioethics we accomplish, not the moral principles that we advocate. This book covers life-and-death issues arranged around five themes: selves, persons, populations, species, and "Future Earth". Ultimately, the author illustrates two kinds of justice: static and dynamic. Static justice prevails whenever parties are free to bargain with each other, while dynamic justice follows from parties' interactions over time. An examination into these types of justice reveals one particularly striking phenomenon: attempts by others to tip the balance of justice have a tendency to backfire. Of primary interest to behavioral economists, this book will alsoappeal to scholars studying bioethics, ecology, medicine, and philosophy, as well as all people dealing with issues of health, dying, and death.
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1. Introduction PART I Selves in a Patient 2. The Patient Who Changes His Mind 3. The Two Selves in My Friend Addict 4. The Oregon Paradox PART II Physician and Patient 5. The Two-Headed Physician 6. The Governance of Death PART III Young People and Old People 7. The Public Health Roulettes 8. The Long Shadow of Caregiving 9. International Justice in Elder Care: The Long Run PART IV People and Animals 10. The Making of Modern Cruelty 11. Two Animal Ethics; Many More Economic Lessons 12. Revenges by the CAFO Pigs PART V Present People and Future People 13. Future Earth: A View from the Rainbow Bridge
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Li Way Lee is a Professor in the Department of Economics at Wayne State University, USA. He is also a member of the Society for the Advancement of Behavioral Economics (SABE).
