The Morals of Markets and Related Essays

ACTON, H. B.

ISBN 10: 0865971064 / ISBN 13: 9780865971066

Published by Liberty Fund, Incorporated, 1993

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Bibliographic Details

Title: The Morals of Markets and Related Essays

Publisher: Liberty Fund, Incorporated

Publication Date: 1993

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

Edition: 2nd.

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Synopsis:

Although the market economy is not as unpopular now as when Acton wrote THE MORALS OF MARKETS, the morality of buying and selling has long bothered man's conscience. Defenses of capitalism often establish its efficiency or rely on a "that is the way human nature is anyway" argument. This book asserts that a free market is a necessary condition for the pursuit of moral excellence. Its analysis of the relation between capitalism and moral virtue has not been superseded. The demise of Marxism and the moral bankruptcy of socialism throughout the world do not end the debate over capitalism. Acton's book is distinctive in discussing the 'morals of markets' in a way that forms an essential addition -- often missing -- to the case to be made for free markets.

About the Author:

H B Acton (1908-1974) taught at Bedford College (London), the University of Edinburgh, and the University of Chicago; was editor of Philosophy, the influential journal of the British Royal Institute of Philosophy; and wrote, among other books, The Morals of Markets (1971; Liberty Fund, 1993) and The Philosophy of Language in Revolutionary France (1959).