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The Moral Ecology of Markets: Assessing Claims about Markets and Justice
Daniel Finn
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Description for The Moral Ecology of Markets: Assessing Claims about Markets and Justice
Paperback. This book provides a framework for understanding disagreements about the morality of markets. Num Pages: 182 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPS; JPA; KJG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 15. Weight in Grams: 292.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
182
Condition
New
Number of Pages
182
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780521677998
SKU
V9780521677998
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About Daniel Finn
Daniel Finn is both an economist and theologian and has written extensively on the relation of ethics and economics. The author of Just Trading: On the Economics and Ethics of International Trade and Toward a Christian Economic Ethic: Stewardship and Social Power, he received the Thomas F. Divine Award from the Association for Social Ethics for lifetime achievement in ... Read more
Reviews for The Moral Ecology of Markets: Assessing Claims about Markets and Justice
'… given the charged nature of the elements of moral ecology, Finn provides an excellent framework for mapping our disagreements. This is good, since understanding where we disagree is surely the first step toward mutual understanding and reasoned discussion.' The Journal of Value Inquiry