America's Economic Moralists: A History of Rival Ethics and EconomicsState University of New York Press, 2009 M02 6 - 247 páginas Since colonial times, two discernable schools have debated major issues of economic morality in America. The central norm of one morality is the freedom, or autonomy, of the individual and defines virtues, vices, obligations, and rights by how they contribute to that freedom. The other morality is relational and defines economic ethics in terms of behaviors mandated by human connectedness. America's Economic Moralists shows how each morality has been composed of an ethical outlook paired with a compatible economic theory, each supporting the other. Donald E. Frey adopts a multidisciplinary approach, not only drawing upon historical economic thought, American religious thought, and ethics, but also finding threads of economic morality in novels, government policies, and popular writings. He uses the history of these two supported yet very different views to explain the culture of excess that permeates the morality of today's economic landscape. |
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... freedom to design and teach courses on economics and ethics. Exploring alternative economic moralities with students has helped to clarify my ideas and to find ways to present them succinctly. This page intentionally left blank. ONE ...
... freedom to design and teach courses on economics and ethics. Exploring alternative economic moralities with students has helped to clarify my ideas and to find ways to present them succinctly. This page intentionally left blank. ONE ...
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... freedom, of the individual also tends to see selfinterest as a rational reaction to natural scarcity. In this view, moral values that fail to respect harsh economic realities may be dismissed as unscientific sentimentality. Conversely ...
... freedom, of the individual also tends to see selfinterest as a rational reaction to natural scarcity. In this view, moral values that fail to respect harsh economic realities may be dismissed as unscientific sentimentality. Conversely ...
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... freedom, or autonomy, of the individual is the highest good, then individuals are left to define their notions of the good economy, based on personal preferences. Looked at this way, there is no single good economy, but a host of ...
... freedom, or autonomy, of the individual is the highest good, then individuals are left to define their notions of the good economy, based on personal preferences. Looked at this way, there is no single good economy, but a host of ...
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... freedom of individuals from old authority and traditional constraints. At the same time, Puritan moralists insisted that individualism did not amount to autonomy, lack of obligation to God and neighbor. As Calvinists, Puritans believed ...
... freedom of individuals from old authority and traditional constraints. At the same time, Puritan moralists insisted that individualism did not amount to autonomy, lack of obligation to God and neighbor. As Calvinists, Puritans believed ...
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... freedom or institution that could enhance the individual was never considered an absolute right. Giving a sinful human such absolute rights would invariably lead to the wrong outcome—the denial of the rightful claims of God and neighbor ...
... freedom or institution that could enhance the individual was never considered an absolute right. Giving a sinful human such absolute rights would invariably lead to the wrong outcome—the denial of the rightful claims of God and neighbor ...
Contenido
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The Later Colonial Era | 25 |
4 LaissezFaire for Americans | 35 |
5 Ethics Better than the Morals of Hermits | 49 |
The Communal Moravians | 61 |
Human Dignity as a Boundary to Markets | 75 |
8 Social Darwinists of Different Species | 87 |
Depressed Old Values | 131 |
Welfare Economics Chicago Economics | 147 |
13 Moralists of TwentiethCentury Capitalism | 163 |
14 Unconventional Alternatives to the Conventional Wisdom | 177 |
15 An Ecumenical Consensuson Economic Ethics | 191 |
16 Summary Assessmentsand a Projection | 205 |
Notes | 217 |
Works Cited | 225 |
9 New Influences in Economics | 101 |
10 The Social Gospel and Catholic Thought Around 1900 | 115 |
Index | 233 |
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America's Economic Moralists: A History of Rival Ethics and Economics Donald E. Frey Sin vista previa disponible - 2010 |
America's Economic Moralists: A History of Rival Ethics and Economics Donald E. Frey Sin vista previa disponible - 2009 |
America's Economic Moralists: A History of Rival Ethics and Economics Donald E. Frey Sin vista previa disponible - 2009 |
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