Syllabus/Lecture topics

Note: The following are lecture topic
notes, given by Dr. J G T Meeks, for her MPhil paper. Web-links, and some
introduction material (in 12 point font), have been added for reference.
Also, .doc links refer to printer friendly – MS Word – format files.*
Utilitarianism under attack
(.doc)
Challenged utilitarianism
attempts defence (.doc)
Sharing the cake: income distribution and
equality (.doc)
Capitalism, Socialism, freedom and
equality (.doc)
On preference and
principles (.doc)
Some thoughts on whether R.E.P. should R.I.P.
(.doc)
On:
preference/choice/self-interest/commitment (.doc)
Abstraction
(.doc)
(how abstract
can you get?)
Methodology mystery - I
(.doc)
Methodology mystery - II
(.doc)
Positive economics revalued
(.doc)
(the fact/value
distinction in economics)
Regrouping on individualism (.doc)
Rationality and expectations; Keynes’ analysis
(.doc)
Keynes’ argument: structure diagram
(.doc)
Kahneman: toward a science of well-being
(.pdf)
(Kahneman delivered the 2005
[*Notes for the topic on transitivity are missing; hence this topic is not listed here.]