Good in Theory: A Political Philosophy Podcast 20 - Do Free Markets Make Free Humans? Interview with Jeffrey Bercuson
Jan 18, 2021
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Shifting Views on Commerce
- Machiavelli and Hobbes began to challenge the traditional negative view of commerce.
- They saw the pursuit of wealth as a natural human drive that could be a basis for social order.
Ethical Defenses of the Market
- Thinkers like Locke, Smith, Kant, and Hegel developed ethical defenses of the market.
- They argued that market societies promote freedom and self-realization.
Moral Dimensions of Market Arguments
- Pro-market arguments go beyond efficiency to include moral dimensions.
- They suggest that markets allow individuals to harness their nature and achieve self-realization through work.