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Koen Decancq, « Taking Preferences Seriously », Œconomia, ID : 10.4000/oeconomia.639
Over the years, mainstream economics has slowly drifted away from its philosophic roots. Nowadays, economists–I consider myself one of them–seem to juggle routinely with concepts such as preferences, beliefs, welfare and self-interest without spending much attention on how these concepts should be interpreted in a philosophically sound way. Obviously, this trend is scientifically regrettable and even potentially dangerous. Preference, Value, Choice and Welfare offers a great help to any socia...