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Moral Institutions: An Introduction to Philosophy, Politics, and Economics book cover

1st Edition

Moral Institutions An Introduction to Philosophy, Politics, and Economics

By Mario I. Juarez-Garcia Copyright 2025
224 Pages 14 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

224 Pages 14 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

224 Pages 14 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge
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Philosophy, Politics, and Economics (PPE) is a promising approach to understanding our complex world and addressing contemporary social issues. But what is it?  In this book, Mario I. Juarez-Garcia, straightforwardly explains to beginners what PPE is and why it’s so useful. The book uses a unified PPE approach for undergraduate students that differs from a simple combination of moral philosophy,... Read more

Introduction: What is Philosophy, Politics, & Economics (PPE)?

Part I. In Search of Lost Morality

1. Did Morality Disappear?

2. Morality: Philosophical Approach

3. Morality: the PPE Approach

4. Institutions 

5. When the World Is a Better Place 

Part II.  Morality in Governments 

6. Governments as Institutions

7. Do Governments Make the World a Better Place?

8. Analyzing the State of Nature

9. Hobbes’s Mistake

10. Not All Governments Are Equal: Closed and Open Societies

11. The Foundations of Justice in Open Societies

12. The Rule of Law 

13. The Right to Say No

Part III. Morality in Markets 

14. Markets as Institutions

15. The Mechanics of Trade

16. The Division of Labor

17. Decentralized Division of Labor

18. Prices as Information

19. The Institutionalized Ethics of Markets

20. A Meaningful Life in Markets

Part IV. Moral Diversity in Open Societies

21. A New Environment

22. Market Problems

23. Property Law: An Endless Question

24. Market Tensions

25. Rethinking Justice in a Wealthier World

26. Diversity and its Enemies

27. Protecting Diversity

28. The incompleteness of justice in Open Societies 

Part V. Open Challenges in Open Societies 

29. Challenge 1. Inequality and Poverty

30. Challenge 2. Polarization

31. Challenge 3. Borders

32. Challenge 4. Climate Change

33. Challenge 5. Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Work

Biography

Mario I. Juarez-Garcia is an Assistant Professor of Philosophy and Political Economy at Tulane University, USA. His primary research focuses on issues related to political corruption and the administrative state. He has published articles in the Journal of Moral Philosophy, Southern Economic Journal, Ethical Theory and Moral Practice, and Public Affairs Quarterly, among other specialized journals.

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