What Money Can't Buy The Moral Limits of Markets

Name: What Money Can't Buy The Moral Limits of Markets
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ISBN: 9780374533656

ISBN-10: 0374533652

ISBN-13: 9780374533656

Edition: 2013

Authors: Michael J. Sandel

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Should we pay children to read books or to get good grades? Should we allow corporations to pay for the right to pollute the atmosphere? Is it ethical to pay people to test risky new drugs or to donate their organs? What about hiring mercenaries to fight our wars? Auctioning admission to elite universities? Selling citizenship to immigrants willing to pay?InWhat Money Can’t Buy, Michael J. Sandel takes on one of the biggest ethical questions of our time: Is there something wrong with a world in which everything is for sale? If so, how can we prevent market values from reaching into spheres of life where they don’t belong? What are the moral limits of markets?In recent decades, market values…

Book details

List price: $19.00
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: Farrar, Straus & Giroux
Publication date: 4/2/2013
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 256
Size: 5.46" wide x 8.12" long x 0.67" tall
Weight: 0.462
Language: English



Introduction: Markets and Morals Market Triumphalism


Everything for Sale


The Role of Markets


Our Rancorous Politics



Jumping the Queue


Airports, Amusement Parks, Car Pool Lanes


Hired Line Standers


Ticket Scalpers


Concierge Doctors


Markets Versus Queues


Yosemite Campsites


Papal Masses


Springsteen Concerts



Incentives


Cash for Sterilization


The Economic Approach to Life


Paying Kids for Good Grades


Bribes to Lose Weight


Selling the Right to Immigrate


A Market in Refugees


Speeding Tickets and Subway Cheats


Tradable Procreation Permits


Tradable Pollution Permits


Carbon Offsets


Paying to Kill an Endangered Rhino


Ethics and Economics



How Markets Crowd Out Morals Hired Friends


Bought Apologies and Wedding Toasts


The Case Against Gifts


Auctioning College Admission


Coercion and Corruption


Nuclear Waste Sites


Donation Days and Day-Care Pickups


Blood for Sale


Economizing Love



Markets in Life and Death


Janitors Insurance


Betting on Death


Internet Death Pools


Insurance Versus Gambling


The Terrorism Futures Market


The Lives of Strangers


Death Bonds



Naming Rights


Autographs for Sale


Corporate-Sponsored Home Runs


Luxury


Skyboxes


Moneyball


Bathroom Advertising


Ads in Books


Body Billboards


Branding the Public Square


Branded Lifeguards and Nature Trails


Police Cars and Fire' Hydrants


Commercials in the Classroom


Ads in Jails


The Skyboxification of Everyday Life


Notes


Acknowledgments


Index