Free Market

Lesson 7: What is the Free Market?<br />  (Sandel, Chapter 4)

Lesson 7: What is the Free Market?
(Sandel, Chapter 4)

As I read Sandel, I constantly ask myself, “What is the free market?” Almost all his examples and arguments assume it is lurking in the shadowy background to make sure its role is considered. Yet although Sandel continually refers to it, he never really defines what the free market is. What is the free market? […]

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Lesson 6: The Free Market and Paying for Pregnancy (Sandel, Chapter 4)

Lesson 6: The Free Market and Paying for Pregnancy (Sandel, Chapter 4)

Sandel’s second test of the approaches he has examined so far concerns paying someone else to carry your baby. He begins with the Mary Beth Whitehead case in which a couple makes a contract for someone else to bear their child. When the mother reneges on the contract, the courts have a tough time deciding […]

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Lesson 5: The Free Market and Volunteer Army  (Sandel, Chapter 4)

Lesson 5: The Free Market and Volunteer Army (Sandel, Chapter 4)

The big question in modern ethics is agreeing on what is just in a pluralistic, often democratic world. How do we determine the right thing to do, if we all do not accept the authority of a king, a god, or some common values? The modern answer is often to turn in default to the […]

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