What Money Can't Buy: The Moral Limits of MarketsFarrar, Straus and Giroux, 24. tra 2012. - Broj stranica: 256 In What Money Can't Buy, renowned political philosopher Michael J. Sandel rethinks the role that markets and money should play in our society. |
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... life. Democrats and Republicans argue, as they long have done, about taxes, spending, and budget deficits, only now with greater partisanship and little ability to inspire or persuade. Disillusion with politics has deepened as.
... argument consists mainly of shouting matches on cable television, partisan vitriol on talk radio, and ideological food fights on the floor of Congress, it's hard to imagine a reasoned public debate about such controversial moral ...
... argument. Part of the appeal of markets is that they don't pass judgment on the preferences they satisfy. They don't ask whether some ways of valuing goods are higher, or worthier, than others. If someone is willing to pay for sex or a ...
... argue, are a matter of national defense, not an amenity like extra legroom or early boarding privileges; the burden of keeping terrorists off airplanes should be shared equally by all passengers. The airlines reply that everyone is ...
... argue that the proliferation of fast-track schemes adds to the advantages of affluence and consigns the poor to the back of the line. Opponents of paid express lanes call them “Lexus lanes” and say they are unfair to commuters of modest ...
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Incentives | |
How Markets Crowd Out Morals | |
Versus Gambling The Terrorism Futures Market The Lives of Strangers | |
Branding the Public Square Branded Lifeguards and Nature Trails Police | |
Acknowledgments | |
A Note About the Author | |