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Economic Morality - Ancient to Modern Readings (Hardcover)
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Economic Morality - Ancient to Modern Readings (Hardcover)
Series: Capitalist Thought: Studies in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics
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This volume provides an integrated and wide-ranging set of
primary-source readings on the relationship between moral values
and economic activity, as articulated by some of the leading
figures in Western civilization. From the ancient Greeks to the
present, Economic Morality: Ancient to Modern Readings offers
substantial coverage to each major period of history: classical
Antiquity, the Middle Ages, the Renaissance and Reformation, the
Enlightenment, the Industrial Revolution, and the modern era.
Everything from Aristotle to Adam Smith, from Marx to Hayek, and
from Proudhon to Nozick has been brought together in one
comprehensive survey. The perspectives represented in our volume
include those of Christians and Muslims; Protestants, Catholics,
and Jews; believers and non-believers; capitalists and socialists;
conservatives and libertarians. They emphasize both law and mores,
as well as history, philosophy, religion, and economics. This is a
genuinely interdisciplinary volume, and one that invites a catholic
and humanistic conversation. In preparing this collection, the
contributors aim to recover something of the range of moral opinion
that first accompanied the rise of "economics" in the
eighteenth-century Enlightenment. The loss of that range of opinion
has left a troubling void in our academic and public discourse.
Those who broadly embrace the modern economic project tend to view
it pragmatically but not morally, while those who are more critical
of it often end up in a moral monologue that is unsatisfying to all
sides. By showing the optimistic pragmatists the rich tradition of
moral criticism and the pessimistic critics the equally rich
tradition of (qualified) moral approbation, this volume seeks to
facilitate conversation and bring much-needed mutual comprehension
to a perennial debate.
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