Markets without Limits

Moral Virtues and Commercial Interests

Jason F. Brennan, Peter Jaworski

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Routledge
21 November 2022

Ethics & moral philosophy; Social discrimination; Economic theory & philosophy; Political economy; Sales & marketing

"May you sell your spare kidney? May gay men pay surrogates to bear them children? Should we allow betting markets on terrorist attacks and natural disasters? May spouses pay each other to do the dishes, watch the kids, or have sex? Should we allow the rich to genetically engineer gifted, beautiful children? May you ever sell your vote?

Most people—and many philosophers—shudder at these questions. To put some goods and services for sale offends human dignity. If everything is commodified, then nothing is sacred. The market corrodes our character.

In this expanded second edition of Markets without Limits, Jason Brennan and Peter M. Jaworski say it is now past time to give markets a fair hearing. The market does not, the authors claim, introduce wrongness where there was not any previously. Thus, the question of what rightfully may be bought and sold has a simple answer: if you may do it for free, you may do it for money. Contrary to the conservative consensus, Brennan and Jaworski claim there are no inherent limits to what can be bought and sold, but only restrictions on how we buy and sell.

Key Updates and Revisions to the Second Edition:

Includes revised introductory chapters to further clarify what’s at stake in the commodification debate. Provides easier-to-follow chapters on semiotic objections, stronger analyses of these objections, and more evidence of these objections’ widespread pervasiveness.

Offers cogent responses to several recent papers that have raised counterexamples to the authors’ thesis. Includes new empirical evidence on the ways markets sometimes crowd in virtue and altruism. Analyzes the topics of blackmail and ""associative"" objections to markets. Includes new material on issues surrounding exploitation and coercion, selling citizenship, residency rights, and arguments about ""dignity"" as objections to markets."

By: Jason F. Brennan, Peter Jaworski
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: 2nd edition
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm,
Weight: 616g
ISBN: 9780367758875
ISBN 10: 0367758873
Pages: 348
Publication Date: 21 November 2022
Audience: College/higher education , General/trade , Primary , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

1. Are There Some Things Money Should Not Buy? 2. If You May Do It for Free, You May Do It for Money 3. A Taxonomy of Possible Objections 4. It’s the How, Not the What 5. Semiotic Objections 6. The Mere Commodity Objection 7. The Wrong Signal and Wrong Currency Objections 8. Objections: Semiotic Essentialism, Minding Our Manners, and What It Says When You Buy Love 9. The Corruption Objection 10. How to Make a Sound Corruption Objection 11. The Selfishness Objection 12. The Crowding Out Objection 13. The Surprising Truth about Blood Markets: How Paying for Blood Crowds In Altruism 14. The Immoral Preference Objection 15. The Low Quality Objection 16. The Civics Objection 17. Objections Solved by Market Design 18. Exploitation, Sweatshops, and the Living Wage 19. Consent, Desperation, and Coercion 20. Line Up for Expensive Equality! 21. Baby Buying: Adoption Rights and Designer Babies 22. Selling Civics: Vote Markets and Citizenship 23. Blackmail, Threats, and What We Owe to Each Other for Free 24. Associative Objections: Should We Boycott More People? 25. Anti-Market Attitudes Are Resilient 26. Dignity, Schmignity 27. Where Do Anti-Market Attitudes Come From? 28. The Pseudo-Morality of Disgust 29. Postscript

Jason Brennan is the Flanagan Family Professor of Ethics, Economics, and Public Policy at Georgetown University. He is the author of 15 books, including Debating Democracy (2021), Why It’s OK to Want to Be Rich (2020), Cracks in the Ivory Tower (2019), and When All Else Fails (2018). Peter Jaworski is an Associate Teaching Professor at Georgetown University, teaching Ethical Values of Business to undergraduates and Ethical Leadership to MBAs and Executive MBAs. He was a Visiting Research Professor at Brown University, a Visiting Assistant Professor at the College of Wooster, and an Instructor at Bowling Green State University.