course_catalogue_2021-2022-exchange.pdf
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… [1996], p. 402). Others emphasize that ‘interaction’ or ‘participation’ not necessarily means power-sharing or taking control. Rather than being potentially subversive, participatory practices contribute to more fluid assimilation of users into the online economy and the penetration of everyday private and social life by the logic and power relations of capitalism. The critical angle of participation is compromised: precisely because of the interactivity, diversification, and flexibility of the … future. All these decisions are influenced by the norms and values we have developed in the course of our life. The importance of moral considerations is strongly growing. Nowadays, talk about ethics is everywhere, in the bar, in the boardroom, on the shop floor, on television, and in the journals and daily papers. In this course we will explore the field of philosophical ethics: a scientific reflection about morality. In the first part of this course, we will study the grand narratives in ethics, … To introduce students to the basics of microeconomic theory. To acquire skills in applying its analytical tools to real-life economic problems. Description of the course Economics is the study of exchange and tradeoffs. Questions about what to buy, what to produce and how to allocate time all involve tradeoffs between different alternatives, and economists develop models to better understand the process by which individuals and firms make such decisions. With these models in hand, economists …