Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Table of Figures -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- ABOUT THE CONTRIBUTORS -- INTRODUCTION -- PART I - THE FOUNDATIONS: RATIONALITY AND HUMAN VALUES -- CHAPTER 1 - UTILITY AND UTILITARIANISM -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. UTILITARIANISM AS A THEOREM -- 3. THE SAMUELSON ARGUMENT FOR INDEPENDENCE -- 4. THE FRIEDMAN AND SAVAGE ARGUMENT -- 5. UTILITARIANISM AND UNCERTAINTY -- 6. WHAT CAN BE SAID IN FAVOR OF UTILITARIANISM -- NOTES -- CHAPTER 2 - THE LIMITS OF HOMO ECONOMICUS The Conflict of Values and Principles -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. THE ELEMENTS OF HOMO ECONOMICUS -- 3. REASONS OF FIDELITY -- 4. TRADING OFF VALUES AND PRINCIPLES -- 5. THREE SUB-MODELS OF RATIONALITY -- 6. CONCLUSION -- NOTES -- CHAPTER 3 - PREFERENCES, COGNITIVISM, AND THE PUBLIC SPHERE -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. ON PREFERENCES AND CRITICISM -- 3. ON DIALOGUE AND RIGHTS -- 4. THE PUBLIC FORUM -- 5. ON HAZARDS OF COGNITIVISM IN PUBLIC POLICY FORMATION -- 6. CONCLUSION -- NOTES -- PART II - THE QUESTION OF ECONOMIC DESERT -- CHAPTER 4 - EXPRESSIVE DESERT AND DESERVING COMPENSATION -- 1. COMPENSATION CLAIMS AND THE STANDARD ANALYSIS OF DESERT -- 2. THE EXPRESSIVE THEORY OF DESERT -- 3. THE INTERPRETATION OF COMPENSATION CASES -- 4. THE SENSE IN WHICH COMPENSATION CAN BE DESERVED -- 5. HOW DESERT CAN BE PRIOR TO INSTITUTIONAL ENTITLEMENT -- NOTES -- CHAPTER 5 - PRODUCTIVITY, COMPENSATION, AND VOLUNTARINESS -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. THE PRODUCTIVITY PRINCIPLE -- 3. THE COMPENSATION PRINCIPLE -- 4. THE "EXTERNAL VALUES" OF THE PRODUCTIVITY AND COMPENSATION PRINCIPLES -- 5. NATURAL TALENTS AND THE VOLUNTARY CONTROL PRINCIPLE -- NOTES -- CHAPTER 6 - DISCRIMINATORY PRIVILEGES, COMPENSATORY PRIVILEGES, AND AFFIRMATIVE ACTION -- 1. INTRODUCTION: THE PROBLEM -- 2. PREMISES -- 3. A CONTRACTARIAN CASE FOR COMPENSATORY PRIVILEGE -- 4. CONCLUSION -- NOTES.

PART III - ETHICS AND EFFICIENCY -- CHAPTER 7 - DEONTIC EFFICIENCY AND EQUALITY -- 1. -- 2. -- 3. -- 5. -- 6. -- NOTES -- CHAPTER 8 - COHEN ON INCENTIVES, INEQUALITY, AND EGALITARIANISM -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. A BRIEF NOTE ON WHAT IS AT ISSUE -- 3. RAWLS'S AND BARRY'S ARGUMENTS FOR INEQUALITY -- 4. COHEN'S ARGUMENT -- 5. DIFFICULTIES WITH COHEN'S ARGUMENT -- 6. ANOTHER WAY OF THINKING ABOUT INCENTIVES AND INEQUALITY -- 7. THE INCENTIVE PROBLEM WITH EQUALITY -- 8. HOW SOME INCENTIVE-GENERATED INEQUALITIES CAN SATISFY THE DIFFERENCE PRINCIPLE -- 9. THE INFORMATION-PRODUCING FUNCTION OF INCENTIVES -- 10. INSTITUTIONS AND MOTIVES -- 11. CONCLUSION -- NOTES -- PART IV - CHOICE, CONSENT, AND MORALITY -- CHAPTER 9 - BEHAVIORAL LAW AND ECONOMICS The Assault on Consent, Will, and Dignity -- 1. WELL-BEING AND JUDGMENT SUBSTITUTION -- 2. "DUMB" CHOICES -- 3. DIGNITY, AUTONOMY, AND CONSENT -- 4. THE "INEVITABILITY" OF PATERNALISM -- CONCLUSION -- NOTES -- CHAPTER 10 - CONSENT AND THE PRINCIPLE OF FAIRNESS -- 1. -- 2. -- 3. -- 4. -- 5. -- NOTES -- PART V - THE FUTURE-EQUALITY AND FAIRNESS -- CHAPTER 11 - THE COSTS AND BENEFITS OF FUTURE GENERATIONS -- 1. COSTS AND BENEFITS: ENVIRONMENTAL AND RELATED ISSUES -- 2. CONTEMPORARY THEORIES: THEIR FAILINGS -- 3. A PARTIAL ANALOG: ENVIRONMENT BEYOND BORDERS -- 4. ONE ENVIRONMENT: MANY GENERATIONS -- 5. FROM INDIVIDUAL TO SOCIETY: INSTITUTIONS -- 6. OTHER WORLDS: OTHER THEORIES? -- NOTES -- CHAPTER 12 - INTERGENERATIONAL JUSTICE AND SAVING -- 1. A SIMPLE MODEL OF INTERGENERATIONAL SAVING AND PRESENT CONSUMPTION -- 2. SAVING FOR THE FUTURE AND INTERGENERATIONAL JUSTICE: SUSTAINABILITY -- 3. RAWLS ON SAVING AND INTERGENERATIONAL JUSTICE -- 4 . HOW TO BE MORE RAWLSIAN THAN RAWLS -- 5. INTERGENERATIONAL SAVINGS: FROM A REPEATED GAME TO A MULTISTAGE GAME -- 6. JUST SAVINGS IN THE REAL WORLD -- NOTES.

PART VI - POLICY, ETHICS, AND ECONOMICS -- CHAPTER 13 - COMMUNITARIANISM AND SOCIAL SECURITY -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. WHY COMMUNITARIANS SHOULD SUPPORT CPP -- 3. FIDELITY, EQUITY, AND THE FINANCIAL CRISIS -- 4. WHY THE OBJECTION FAILS -- NOTES -- CHAPTER 14 - RIGHTS, POLLUTION, AND PUBLIC POLICY -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. CLASSICAL LIBERAL RIGHTS THEORY -- 3. HOW GOVERNMENT SHOULD TREAT POLLUTION PROBLEMS -- 4. REINSTATING RIGHTS: REESTABLISHING THE PRIMACY OF COMMON LAW -- 5. CONCLUSION -- NOTES -- CHAPTER 15 - PRICE GOUGING AND MARKET FAILURE -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. WHAT IS PRICE GOUGING? -- 3. THE PRIMA FACIE PERMISSIBILITY OF PRICES -- 4. MARKET FAILURE -- 5. THE LEGAL REGULATION OF PRICE GOUGING -- 6. PROHIBITING MUTUAL BENEFIT -- 7. MARKET FAILURE AND THE PRIMA FACIE PERMISSIBILITY OF PRICES -- CONCLUSION -- NOTES -- INDEX.