Why some things should not be for sale
Subtitle: the moral limits of markets
By: Debra Satz
Series: Oxford political philosophy; Oxford political philosophy
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 252
ISBN-13: 9780195311594
Description: "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... 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? ...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--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 237-248) and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note:; title: Acknowledgments Introduction Part I Chapter One: What Do Markets Do? Part II Chapter Two: The Changing Visions of Economics Chapter Three: The Market's Place and Scope in Contemporary Egalitarian Political Theory Chapter Four: Noxious Markets Part III Chapter Five: Markets in Women's Reproductive Labor Chapter Six: Markets in Women's Sexual Labor Chapter Seven: Child Labor: A Normative Perspective Chapter Eight: Voluntary Slavery and the Limits of the Market Chapter Nine: Ethical Issues in The Supply and Demand of Human Kidneys Conclusion.