Abstract
First, neo-liberalism requires a non-cognitivist view of morality, and all such views in effect (if not by intention) deny morality (as I have argued elsewhere). Second, it insists that the simulacrum of morality that remains pertains only to individuals’ individual lives – that’s to say, our “private” lives, where of course non-cognitivist views of morality might have such plausibility as they do. So, third, neo-liberalism is necessarily anti-moral.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Virtue and Economy |
Subtitle of host publication | Essays on Morality and Markets |
Editors | A. Bielskis, K. Knight |
Place of Publication | London, UK |
Publisher | Ashgate |
Pages | 23-32 |
Number of pages | 10 |
ISBN (Print) | 9781472412560 |
Publication status | Published - 28 May 2015 |
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Profiles
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Bob Brecher
- School of Humanities - Professor of Moral Philosophy
- Centre for Applied Philosophy, Politics and Ethics
Person: Academic