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The Moral Ecology of Markets: Assessing Claims about Markets and Justice

Book information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
2006
ISBN
0521860822, 9780521860826
LCC
HB501 .F495 2006
Open Library ID
OL3403092M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (1642339 bytes)
Pages
182\183
Topic
Biology Ecology
Scanned
yes
Time added
2011-04-18 11:31:18

Description

Disagreements about the morality of markets, and about self-interested behavior within markets, run deep. They arise from 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 Buchannan.

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