NCEE Ethics and Economics

Teaching the Ethical Foundations of Economics

Jonathan B. Wight and John S. Morton

National Council on Economic Education, 2007

This book introduces ethics into the economics classroom. Ten lessons help instructors and students think critically about ethical issues that arise in economic analyses and in public policies.

Topics include the ethics of markets, the moral limits of markets, efficiency and equity tradeoffs in health care and sweatshop labor, the sale of human organs, social responsibility of business, and the meaning of economic justice. Students examine alternative ethical frameworks using active exercises including simulations, group decision making, problem solving, classroom demonstrations, and role playing. The writing of this book was funded by the John Templeton Foundation.

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A. Read the book's introduction: Introduction to Teaching the Ethical Foundations of Economics

B. Download slideshows (PPT) and visuals (PDF):

Slideshow - Introduction to Ethics in Economics

Slideshow Lesson 1 Visuals-1 Handout on the Scientific Process

Slideshow Lesson 2 Visuals-2

Slideshow Lesson 3 Visuals-3

Slideshow Lesson 4 Visuals-4

Slideshow Lesson 5 Visuals-5

Slideshow Lesson 6 Visuals-6

Slideshow Lesson 7 Visuals-7

Slideshow Lesson 8 Visuals-8