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: 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 - 1 Jan 2015 |
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Bob Brecher
- School of Humanities - Professor of Moral Philosophy
- Centre for Applied Philosophy, Politics and Ethics
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Brecher, B. (2015). Neo-liberalism and its threat to moral agency. In A. Bielskis, & K. Knight (Eds.), Virtue and economy: essays on morality and markets (pp. 23-32). Ashgate.