Moral institutions: an introduction to philosophy, politics, and economics
Juarez-Garcia, Mario I.
Moral institutions: an introduction to philosophy, politics, and economics - New York Routledge 2025 - xii, 211 p.
Table of Contents:
Introduction: What is Philosophy, Politics, & Economics (PPE)?
Part I. In Search of Lost Morality
1. Did Morality Disappear?
2. Morality: Philosophical Approach
3. Morality: the PPE Approach
4. Institutions
5. When the World Is a Better Place
Part II. Morality in Governments
6. Governments as Institutions
7. Do Governments Make the World a Better Place?
8. Analyzing the State of Nature
9. Hobbes’s Mistake
10. Not All Governments Are Equal: Closed and Open Societies
11. The Foundations of Justice in Open Societies
12. The Rule of Law
13. The Right to Say No
Part III. Morality in Markets
14. Markets as Institutions
15. The Mechanics of Trade
16. The Division of Labor
17. Decentralized Division of Labor
18. Prices as Information
19. The Institutionalized Ethics of Markets
20. A Meaningful Life in Markets
Part IV. Moral Diversity in Open Societies
21. A New Environment
22. Market Problems
23. Property Law: An Endless Question
24. Market Tensions
25. Rethinking Justice in a Wealthier World
26. Diversity and its Enemies
27. Protecting Diversity
28. The incompleteness of justice in Open Societies
Part V. Open Challenges in Open Societies
29. Challenge 1. Inequality and Poverty
30. Challenge 2. Polarization
31. Challenge 3. Borders
32. Challenge 4. Climate Change
33. Challenge 5. Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Work
Philosophy, Politics, and Economics (PPE) is a promising approach to understanding our complex world and addressing contemporary social issues. But what is it? In this book, Mario I. Juarez-Garcia, straightforwardly explains to beginners what PPE is and why it’s so useful. The book uses a unified PPE approach for undergraduate students that differs from a simple combination of moral philosophy, political science, and economics so that the reader can appreciate PPE’s distinct and unique virtues. It focuses on two institutions that have been fundamental in making the world a better place: governments and markets. By the end, the reader can see why finding the right answer to many unprecedented questions is so difficult in a morally diverse society. But the take-away message for students is that it is the diversity of our liberal, Open Societies that has made them prosperous and well worth the frustrations of living in a complex, dynamic and uncertain world. Each chapter begins with short lists of “What You Need to Remember” and ends with “Testing the Reading” questions, helping guide the student reader throughout the book.
(https://www.routledge.com/Moral-Institutions-An-Introduction-to-Philosophy-Politics-and-Economics/Juarez-Garcia/p/book/9781032903224)
9781032903224
Economics--Philosophy
Political science--Philosophy
330.01 / JUA
Moral institutions: an introduction to philosophy, politics, and economics - New York Routledge 2025 - xii, 211 p.
Table of Contents:
Introduction: What is Philosophy, Politics, & Economics (PPE)?
Part I. In Search of Lost Morality
1. Did Morality Disappear?
2. Morality: Philosophical Approach
3. Morality: the PPE Approach
4. Institutions
5. When the World Is a Better Place
Part II. Morality in Governments
6. Governments as Institutions
7. Do Governments Make the World a Better Place?
8. Analyzing the State of Nature
9. Hobbes’s Mistake
10. Not All Governments Are Equal: Closed and Open Societies
11. The Foundations of Justice in Open Societies
12. The Rule of Law
13. The Right to Say No
Part III. Morality in Markets
14. Markets as Institutions
15. The Mechanics of Trade
16. The Division of Labor
17. Decentralized Division of Labor
18. Prices as Information
19. The Institutionalized Ethics of Markets
20. A Meaningful Life in Markets
Part IV. Moral Diversity in Open Societies
21. A New Environment
22. Market Problems
23. Property Law: An Endless Question
24. Market Tensions
25. Rethinking Justice in a Wealthier World
26. Diversity and its Enemies
27. Protecting Diversity
28. The incompleteness of justice in Open Societies
Part V. Open Challenges in Open Societies
29. Challenge 1. Inequality and Poverty
30. Challenge 2. Polarization
31. Challenge 3. Borders
32. Challenge 4. Climate Change
33. Challenge 5. Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Work
Philosophy, Politics, and Economics (PPE) is a promising approach to understanding our complex world and addressing contemporary social issues. But what is it? In this book, Mario I. Juarez-Garcia, straightforwardly explains to beginners what PPE is and why it’s so useful. The book uses a unified PPE approach for undergraduate students that differs from a simple combination of moral philosophy, political science, and economics so that the reader can appreciate PPE’s distinct and unique virtues. It focuses on two institutions that have been fundamental in making the world a better place: governments and markets. By the end, the reader can see why finding the right answer to many unprecedented questions is so difficult in a morally diverse society. But the take-away message for students is that it is the diversity of our liberal, Open Societies that has made them prosperous and well worth the frustrations of living in a complex, dynamic and uncertain world. Each chapter begins with short lists of “What You Need to Remember” and ends with “Testing the Reading” questions, helping guide the student reader throughout the book.
(https://www.routledge.com/Moral-Institutions-An-Introduction-to-Philosophy-Politics-and-Economics/Juarez-Garcia/p/book/9781032903224)
9781032903224
Economics--Philosophy
Political science--Philosophy
330.01 / JUA