A General Preview -- Economics and Ethics: Evolution and Interaction -- Rationality, Welfare and Ethics -- Alternatives Paradigms in Ethics -- Prosperity and Happiness -- Ethical Norms and Social Institutions -- Ethics under Deeper Views of Life -- Missions for Social Ethics -- Summing Up. .

The book highlights the ethical aspects and issues that are inherent to economics in the context of today’s prominent social institutions. It reviews a range of problems concerning dominant social institutions, namely markets, government agencies, corporate entities, financial networks, and religious systems. Further, in each case, the book takes a detailed look at the economic problems as they arise within a broader sociological and political environment, taking into account the respective ethical/philosophical paradigms. It analyzes from an ethical point of view topics like the evolution of economic thought, happiness and spirituality, and human values in relation to ethics.