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Genre/Form: | Electronic books History |
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Additional Physical Format: | Print version: McCloskey, Deirdre N. Bourgeois virtues. Chicago : University of Chicago Press, ©2006 (DLC) 2005029657 |
Material Type: | Document, Internet resource |
Document Type: | Internet Resource, Computer File |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Deirdre N McCloskey |
ISBN: | 9780226556673 0226556670 1282584928 9781282584921 9786612584923 6612584920 |
OCLC Number: | 649906172 |
Language Note: | English. |
Description: | 1 online resource (xviii, 616 pages) : illustrations |
Contents: | pt. 1. The Christian and feminine virtues : love -- pt. 2. The Christian and feminine virtues : faith and hope -- pt. 3. The bourgeois uses of the virtues -- pt. 4. The androgynous virtues : prudence and justice -- pt. 5. Systematizing the seven virtues -- pt. 6. The bourgeois uses of the virtues. |
Other Titles: | Ethics for an age of commerce |
Responsibility: | Deirdre McCloskey. |
Abstract:
Presenting a survey of ethical thought and economic realities - from Plato to Barbara Ehrenreich, this title offers a view that capitalism is good for us. It shows that American capitalism without ignoring its faults and celebrates the bourgeois lives we actually live, without supposing that they must be lives without ethical foundations.
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"An economist and historian of considerable distinction." - New York Times Book Review "A highly regarded public figure [and] a world-famous conservative economist." - Publishers Weekly "A top-notch neo-classical economist.... Iconoclastic and polymathic." - Chronicle of Higher Education "[McCloskey is] in the rare position of being a free-market enthusiast... admired by many left-leaning English professors." - Reason" Read more...
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- Capitalism -- Moral and ethical aspects.
- Commerce -- Moral and ethical aspects.
- Social ethics -- History.
- Business ethics -- History.
- Virtues -- History.
- Economic history.
- BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Business Ethics.
- Business ethics.
- Social ethics.
- Virtues.
- Burgerij.
- Kapitalisme.
- Ethische aspecten.