What are the historical factors that led to the progressive emancipation of economics from moral science, and, ultimately, to its status as an independent discipline? As a result of this emancipation, has the relationship between ethics and economics been fundamentally altered? Or, has this fundamental shift provoked a renewed interest in ethics on the part of economists?
Jes M. Zaratiegui, "The Imperialism of Economics Over Ethics," Journal of Markets & Morality 2, no. 2 (Fall 1999): 208-219