Why some things should not be for sale [electronic resource] : the moral limits of markets / Debra Satz.
2010
HB95 .S33 2010eb
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Why some things should not be for sale [electronic resource] : the moral limits of markets / Debra Satz.
Author
Satz, Debra.
ISBN
9780199718573 (electronic book)
9780195311594
9780195311594
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New York : Oxford University Press, USA, 2010.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (xi, 252 p.)
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HB95 .S33 2010eb
Dewey Decimal Classification
174/.4
Summary
"Markets are important forms of social and economic organization. They allow vast numbers of people, most of whom never meet, to cooperate together in a system of voluntary exchange. Through markets, people are able to signal to others their own desires, disseminate information, and reward innovation. Markets enable people to adjust their activities without the need for a central authority, and are recognized as the most efficient way we have to organize production and distribution in a complex economy. WIth the death of communism and the rise of globalization, markets and the theories that support them are enjoying a great resurgence. Markets are spreading across the globe, and extending into new domains. Most people view markets as heroic saviors that will remedy the deadening effects of bureaucracy and state control. Are they in fact a positive force? The noted philosopher Debra Satz takes a skeptical view of markets, pointing out that free markets are not always a force for good. The idea of free exchange of child labor, human organs, reproductive services, weapons, life saving medicines, and addictive drugs, strike many as toxic to human values. She asks: What considerations ought to guide the debates about such markets? What is it about the nature of particular exchanges that concerns us to the point that some types of markets are problematic? How should our social policies respond to these more noxious markets? Categories previously used by philosophers and economists are of limited help, because they assumed markets to be homogenous and of limited scope; Satz develops a broader and more nuanced view of markets whereby they not only allocate resources and incomes, but shape our culture, foster or thwart human development, and create and support structures of power. Satz's original and long-anticipated expression of her views on this important topic will be of interest to philosophers, political scientists, economists, and scholars in law and public policy"--Provided by publisher.
"The noted philosopher Debra Satz takes a skeptical view of markets, pointing out that free markets are not always a force for good. The idea of free exchange of child labor, human organs, reproductive services, weapons, life saving medicines, and addcitive drugs, strike many as toxic to human values. She asks: What considerations ought to guide the debates about such markets?"--Provided by publisher.
"The noted philosopher Debra Satz takes a skeptical view of markets, pointing out that free markets are not always a force for good. The idea of free exchange of child labor, human organs, reproductive services, weapons, life saving medicines, and addcitive drugs, strike many as toxic to human values. She asks: What considerations ought to guide the debates about such markets?"--Provided by publisher.
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Table of Contents
What do markets do?
The changing visions of economics
The market's place and scope in contemporary egalitarian political theory
Noxious markets
Markets in women's reproductive labor
Markets in women's sexual labor
Child labor: a normative perspective
Voluntary slavery and the limits of the market
Ethical issues in the supply and demand of human kidneys.
The changing visions of economics
The market's place and scope in contemporary egalitarian political theory
Noxious markets
Markets in women's reproductive labor
Markets in women's sexual labor
Child labor: a normative perspective
Voluntary slavery and the limits of the market
Ethical issues in the supply and demand of human kidneys.