198 Pages
by
Routledge
198 Pages
by
Routledge
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Despite the continuing dominance of market relations and market forces in contemporary society, there remain fundamental questions about the ethical acceptability of markets and their effects. This collection, based on the 1998 conference of the Society for Applied Philosophy, brings philosophical analysis and argument to bear on these questions. Papers in the first half of the volume examine the... Read more
Contents: Introduction; The Market and Values: The moral boundaries of markets; Markets and moral minimalism; Is the consumer always right?: Subject-relative valuations and inherent values; Quality of life, environment and markets; The communitarian critique of the market. The Market and Social Institutions: The ethical effects of privatisation; Poverty and social exclusion; Social justice and process versus end-state conceptions of competition; Passive patient or responsible consumer: market values and the normative ideal; Relocating the ethical consumer.
Biography
Richard Norman
'... the publishers and editor are to be congratulated for bringing together a series of articles on an important topic which has until recently been largely ignored.' Res Publica
