Moral Institutions

An Introduction to Philosophy, Politics, and Economics
1. Auflage 2025
ISBN: 978-1-032-90318-7
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)

Buch, Englisch, 224 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 467 g

Philosophy, Politics, and Economics (PPE) is a promising approach to understanding our complex world and addressing contemporary social issues. But what is it?  In this book, Mario I. Juarez-Garcia, straightforwardly explains to beginners what PPE is and why it’s so useful. The book uses a unified PPE approach for undergraduate students that differs from a simple combination of moral philosophy, political science, and economics so that the reader can appreciate PPE’s distinct and unique virtues. It focuses on two institutions that have been fundamental in making the world a better place: governments and markets. By the end, the reader can see why finding the right answer to many unprecedented questions is so difficult in a morally diverse society. But the take-away message for students is that it is the diversity of our liberal, Open Societies that has made them prosperous and well worth the frustrations of living in a complex, dynamic and uncertain world.  Each chapter begins with short lists of “What You Need to Remember” and ends with “Testing the Reading” questions, helping guide the student reader throughout the book.

Zielgruppe

General, Undergraduate Advanced, and Undergraduate Core

Autoren/Hrsg.

Juarez-Garcia, Mario I

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Unternehmensfinanzen Betriebliches Rechnungswesen
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Philosophie: Allgemeines, Methoden
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen Geopolitik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: What is Philosophy, Politics, & Economics (PPE)?  Part I. In Search of Lost Morality  1. Did Morality Disappear?  2. Morality: Philosophical Approach  3. Morality: the PPE Approach  4. Institutions  5. When the World Is a Better Place  Part II.  Morality in Governments  6. Governments as Institutions  7. Do Governments Make the World a Better Place?  8. Analyzing the State of Nature  9. Hobbes’s Mistake  10. Not All Governments Are Equal: Closed and Open Societies  11. The Foundations of Justice in Open Societies  12. The Rule of Law   13. The Right to Say No  Part III. Morality in Markets  14. Markets as Institutions  15. The Mechanics of Trade  16. The Division of Labor  17. Decentralized Division of Labor  18. Prices as Information  19. The Institutionalized Ethics of Markets  20. A Meaningful Life in Markets  Part IV. Moral Diversity in Open Societies  21. A New Environment  22. Market Problems  23. Property Law: An Endless Question  24. Market Tensions  25. Rethinking Justice in a Wealthier World  26. Diversity and its Enemies  27. Protecting Diversity  28. The incompleteness of justice in Open Societies  Part V. Open Challenges in Open Societies   29. Challenge 1. Inequality and Poverty  30. Challenge 2. Polarization  31. Challenge 3. Borders  32. Challenge 4. Climate Change  33. Challenge 5. Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Work

Über Autor(innen)

Mario I. Juarez-Garcia is an Assistant Professor of Philosophy and Political Economy at Tulane University, USA. His primary research focuses on issues related to political corruption and the administrative state. He has published articles in the Journal of Moral Philosophy, Southern Economic Journal, Ethical Theory and Moral Practice, and Public Affairs Quarterly, among other specialized journals.