Market, Ethics and Religion: The Market and its Limitations (1st ed. 2023) (Ethical Economy #62)

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Synopsis
This book deals with the basic question of what money can and cannot buy and offers an analysis of the limitations of the market mechanism. Few concepts are as controversial as religion and the market mechanism. Some consider religion to be in conflict with a modern rational scientific view of life, and thus as a contributory cause of harsh conflicts and a barrier to human happiness. Others consider religious beliefs as the foundation for ethics and decent behaviour. Similar, a number of neoliberal writers acclaimed the market mechanism as one of the greatest triumphs of the human mind, and saw it as the main reason why rich countries became rich. Others are extremely skeptical and stress how this mechanism has result in big multinational firms with powerfully rich owners and masses of poor low-paid workers. Researchers from various fields - economists, social scientists, theologians and philosophers - handle these questions very differently, applying different methods and different ideals. This book offers a synthesis of the different viewpoints. It deals with economists’, theologians’ and philosophers’ differing thoughts about the market and its limitations.
Copyright:
2023

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Publisher Quality
ISBN-13:
9783031084621
Related ISBNs:
9783031084614
Publisher:
Springer International Publishing
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The Editor
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
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No
Categories:
Nonfiction, Religion and Spirituality, Business and Finance, Law, Legal Issues and Ethics, Philosophy, Politics and Government
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Bookshare Staff
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This is a copyrighted book.
Edited by:
Niels Kærgård

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