Document Type
Article
Abstract
The discussion concerning humans and the environment has intensified in recent years. Now, more than ever, we must ask how we as economists can engage in a conversation regarding environmentalism when the participants come from a myriad of disciplines. I posit that it is only through an understanding of the other disciplines’ ethics and values that the economist can meaningfully engage in the conversation. This paper is an exercise in this interdisciplinary understanding. First, Charles Birch and John B. Cobb Jr.’s ecological viewpoint is presented. This is followed by the economic prescriptions arising from the ecological viewpoint. A subsequent critique and refutation of these economic prescriptions is made from an economic perspective.
Publication Date
Spring 2007
Journal Title
Major Themes in Economics
Volume
9
Issue
1
First Page
59
Last Page
73
Copyright
©2007 by Major Themes in Economics
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 International License.
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
Chen, Wei-erh
(2007)
"An Economic Critique of Birch and Cobb’s The Liberation of Life,"
Major Themes in Economics, 9, 59-73.
Available at:
https://scholarworks.uni.edu/mtie/vol9/iss1/6