A. Walsh, T. Lynch

The Morality of Money

An Exploration in Analytic Philosophy

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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

• Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan / Palgrave Macmillan UK / Springer Palgrave Macmillan
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-0-230-53543-5
• 2008
• Seitenzahl: 255
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Juli 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 419g
• ISBN-13: 9780230535435
• ISBN-10: 0230535437
• Artikelnr.: 23844310

Autorenporträt

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.

Inhaltsangabe

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