Morality of Money - An Exploration in Analytic Philosophy

Informationen zum Autor ADRIAN WALSH is a Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of New England, Australia, and a Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics. TONY LYNCH is a Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of New England, Australia. Klappentext The morality of sex, violence and money is at the centre of much human life. While the first two have been subject to intensive historical and philosophical investigation, the latter has largely been neglected. The authors provide the first comprehensive introduction to the morality of money. Zusammenfassung The morality of sex, violence and money is at the centre of much human life. While the first two have been subject to intensive historical and philosophical investigation, the latter has largely been neglected. The authors provide the first comprehensive introduction to the morality of money. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface The Morality of Money Money, Commerce and Moral Theory The Profit Motive and Morality Usury and the Ethics of Interest-taking The Morality of Pricing: Just Prices and Moral Traders Money, Commodification and the Corrosion of Value: An Examination of the Sacred and Intrinsic Value Money Measurement as the Moral Problem The Charge of 'Economic Moralism': Might the Invisible Hand Eliminate the Need for a Morality of Money Epilogue Index

Über den Autor / die Autorin

ADRIAN WALSH is a Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of New England, Australia, and a Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics.

TONY LYNCH is a Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of New England, Australia.

Zusammenfassung

The morality of sex, violence and money is at the centre of much human life. While the first two have been subject to intensive historical and philosophical investigation, the latter has largely been neglected. The authors provide the first comprehensive introduction to the morality of money.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: T Lynch, T. Lynch, Tony Lynch, Lynch T., Walsh, A Walsh, A. Walsh, Adrian Walsh, Adrian J. Lynch Walsh, WALSH ADRIAN J LYNCH TONY
• Verlag: Palgrave UK
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 31.07.2008
• EAN: 9780230535435
• ISBN: 978-0-230-53543-5
• Seiten: 263
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Philosophie > Allgemeines, Lexika; Sachbuch > Philosophie, Religion > Philosophie: Antike bis Gegenwart; Sozialwissenschaften, Recht,Wirtschaft > Wirtschaft > Allgemeines, Lexika; B, Ethics, Economic theory & philosophy, Ethics & moral philosophy, Economic Theory, Moral Philosophy and Applied Ethics, Quantitative Economics, Palgrave Religion & Philosophy Collection, Moral Philosophy, Economic Theory/Quantitative Economics/Mathematical Methods, Analysis (Philosophy), Analytic Philosophy, Analytical philosophy & Logical Positivism