Learning Economics: A Cautionary Tale |
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| Authors: | Michael Boylan |
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| Institution: | Philosophy Department, Marymount University, Arlington, Virginia |
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| Abstract: | This essay supports Etzioni's (2015) “The Moral Effects of Economic Teaching” by conceptually analyzing the way that classical economics depicts the worldview of humankind and the methodology of its presentation to students and the general public. The essay concludes (with Etzioni) that this combination can create a morally corrupting paradigm for the student in search of truth. |
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| Keywords: | classical economics community worldview ethics fact‐value normative theory personal worldview |
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