Facts, Values and Objectivity in Economics

José Castro Caldas is a researcher at the Centre for Social Studies, Coimbra University, Portugal (CES). He was previously assistant professor at the Economics Department of ISCTE, Lisbon and researcher at DINÂMIA. Vítor Neves is Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Economics, Coimbra University, Portugal, and Senior Researcher at the Centre for Social Studies (CES). He is also member of the Stirling Centre for Economic Methodology (UK).

• 1. Introduction: The Issues at Stake José Castro Caldas and Vítor Neves 2. Economics and Moral Sentiments: The Case of Moral Hazard Sheila Dow 3. The Conflicting Languages of Economics and Human Rights Manuel Couret Branco 4. The Meaning of Objectivity: What Can We Learn from Robbins and Myrdal? José Castro Caldas and Vítor Neves 5. Values, Objectivity and Moral Realism Nuno Ornelas Martins 6. The Facts and Values of Experimental Economics Ana C. Santos 7. The Contribution of the Sociology of Quantification to a Discussion of Objectivity in Economics Laura Centemeri 8. Embodied Expectations: The Somatic Subject and the Changing Political Economy of Life and Health João Arriscado Nunes 9. Deep Contextualism and Radical Criticism: The Argument for a Division of Labour in a Contemporary Political Theory Mathias Thaler 10. Practical Reasoning in Economic Affairs: The Human Development Index as a Case Study Ricardo Crespo