Books by Debra Satz
Found 2 books
Commodification is a hot topic in recent philosophy. There’s a limitless market for books about the limits of markets. The question: Are there some things which you permissibly may possess, use, and give away, but which are wrong to buy and sell? Most authors who write about this say yes. Peter Jaworski and I say no. There are no inherent limits to markets. Everything you may give away you may sell, and everything you may take for free you may buy. We defend that thesis in our book Markets witho...
4. Debra Satz, Why Some Things Should Not be for Sale: The Moral Limits of Markets . How many books are there now on this topic? Lots. How many of them take seriously the notion that our moral intuitions can be badly misguided for judging the operation of an impersonal market economy in the modern world? Not so many, though all seem to think they do.