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The moral ecology of markets : assessing claims about markets and justice / Daniel K. Finn.
"Disagreements about the morality of markets - and about self-interested behavior within markets - run deep. They arise from widely differing perspectives within economics and political philosophy that appear to have nothing in common. In this book, Daniel Finn provides a framework for understanding these conflicting points of view. Recounting the arguments for and against markets and self-interest, he argues that every economy must address four fundamental problems: allocation, distribution, scale, and the quality of relations. In addition, every perspective on the morality of markets addresses explicitly or implicitly the economic, political, and cultural contexts of markets, or what Finn terms "the moral ecology of markets." His book enables a dialogue among the various participants in the debate over justice in markets.
In this process, Finn engages with major figures in political philosophy, including John Rawls, Robert Nozick, and Michael Walzer, as well as in economics, notably Milton Friedman, Friedrich Hayek, and James Buchanan."--Jacket.
Record details
- ISBN: 0511161883
- ISBN: 9780511161889
- ISBN: 9780511616501
- ISBN: 0511616503
- ISBN: 9780511161155
- ISBN: 0511161158
- ISBN: 1280458607
- ISBN: 9781280458606
- ISBN: 0521677998
- ISBN: 9780521677998
- Physical Description: 1 online resource (ix, 169 pages) : illustrations
- Publisher: Cambridge ; Cambridge University Press, 2006.
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 155-163) and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | 1. Thinking ethically about economic life -- 2. De-moralized economic discourse about markets -- 3. The moral defense of self-interest and markets -- 4. The moral critiques of self-interest -- 5. The four problems of economic life -- 6. The market as an arena of freedom -- 7. The market's moral ecology -- 8. Implications. |
| Source of Description Note: | Print version record. |
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