What Money Can't Buy: The Moral Limits of Markets
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What Money Can't Buy: The Moral Limits of Markets is a philosophical book by Michael Sandel that critiques the expansion of market values into areas of life traditionally governed by moral and civic norms.
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| What Money Can't Buy: The Moral Limits of Markets canonical | 1 |
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book
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non-fiction book ⓘ philosophy book ⓘ |
| argument |
Markets are not morally neutral mechanisms but embody particular values.
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Societies must debate where markets serve the public good and where they do not. ⓘ Some social practices are degraded when subject to buying and selling. ⓘ |
| author |
Michael J. Sandel
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Michael Sandel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralClaim |
Market values have expanded into spheres of life traditionally governed by moral and civic norms.
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There are moral limits to what money should be allowed to buy. ⓘ Turning all goods into commodities can corrupt their meaning and value. ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| criticizes |
market fundamentalism
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neoliberalism ⓘ the idea that markets are the primary instrument for achieving social good ⓘ |
| genre |
moral philosophy
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political philosophy ⓘ social criticism ⓘ |
| hasForm | essay collection ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Aristotelian ethics
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communitarian political philosophy ⓘ |
| intendedAudience |
general readers
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policy makers ⓘ students of philosophy ⓘ students of political theory ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mediaType |
hardcover
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paperback ⓘ print ⓘ |
| notableFor |
accessible style of philosophical argument
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popularizing debates about the moral limits of markets ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 2012 ⓘ |
| publisher | Farrar, Straus and Giroux NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedConcept |
commodification of life
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market economy ⓘ market society ⓘ |
| relatedWork | Justice: What's the Right Thing to Do? NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | late 20th and early 21st century capitalism ⓘ |
| structure | organized around examples of goods and practices that money can buy but arguably should not ⓘ |
| topic |
civic values
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commodification ⓘ ethics ⓘ inequality ⓘ justice ⓘ market society ⓘ markets ⓘ moral limits of markets NERFINISHED ⓘ public life ⓘ |
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