Aquinas and the Market : : Toward a Humane Economy / / Mary L. Hirschfeld.
Economists investigate the workings of markets and tend to set ethical questions aside. Theologians often dismiss economics, losing insights into the influence of market incentives on individual behavior. Mary L. Hirschfeld bridges this gap by showing how a humane economy can lead to the good life a...
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Place / Publishing House: | Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2018] ©2018 |
Year of Publication: | 2018 |
Language: | English |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (270 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- 1. To Serve God or Mammon? The Dialogue between Theology and Economics
- 2. The Rational Choice Model and Its Limitations
- 3. Happiness and the Distinctively Human Exercise of Practical Reason: The Metaphysical Backdrop
- 4. Happiness and the Distinctively Human Exercise of Practical Reason: Virtue and Prudence
- 5. Economic Life as Ordered to Happiness
- 6. From Liberality to Justice: Aquinas’s Teachings on Private Property
- 7. Toward a Humane Economy: A Pragmatic Approach
- Notes
- Acknowledgments
- Index