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Economic Inequality and Morality: Diverse Ethical Perspectives
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About Economic Inequality And Morality: Diverse Ethical
Product Description Examining inequality through the lenses of moral traditions Rising inequality has attracted a great deal of attention in recent years from scholars and politicians, but the moral dimensions of inequality tend to be ignored. Is inequality morally acceptable? Is it morally permissible to allow practices and systems that contribute to inequality? Is there an ethical obligation to try to alleviate inequality, and if so, who is obligated to take that action? This book addresses these and similar questions not through a single lens of morality but through a comparative study of ethical traditions, both secular and religious, Western and non-Western. The moral and political traditions considered are: liberalism, Marxism, natural law, feminism, Buddhism, Judaism, Islam, Christianity, and Confucianism. The types of inequality examined include property, natural resources, products, wealth, income, jobs, and taxation. The editors open the book with an introduction providing information on contemporary dimensions of the problem of economic inequality, and the book concludes with a summary of the perspectives represented. Economic Inequality and Morality is unusual in that it addresses similarities and differences on the questions of inequality within and across moral traditions. Authors of the individual studies answer a common set of topic-related questions, giving the reader a broad perspective on how a broad range of traditions view and respond to inequality. From the Back Cover A comparative study of the morality of economic inequality Rising inequality is not just an economic and political issue: it is fundamentally a moral concern. But relatively few books have directly addressed this moral concern, and fewer still have done so through a comparative ethical perspective. The essays in this volume explore and compare how a number of influential ethical traditionssecular and religious, Western and non-Westernwrestle with the moral dimensions of inequality, whether it is morally permissible to acquiesce in practices and systems that contribute to it, whether there is a moral obligation to alleviate it, and, if so, who is morally obligated to do what. The study considers the moral traditions of liberalism, Marxism, natural law, feminism, Buddhism, Judaism, Islam, Christianity, and Confucianism. The inequalities that the study explores focus on property, natural resources, products, wealth, income, jobs, and taxation. Although disagreements are found within the moral traditions considered here, information on cross-tradition similarities and differences is limited. Economic Inequality and Morality aims for such a systematic comparison that will be of interest to moral philosophers, political theorists, and students alike, as well as to policymakers and concerned citizens. Economic Inequality and Morality is part of the Ethikon Series in Comparative Ethics. About the Author Richard Madsen is a Distinguished Research Professor at the University of California, San Diego. He is a co-author (with Robert Bellah and others) of The Good Society and Habits of the Heart. He has authored or co-authored nine books on Chinese culture as well as numerous articles on cultural comparison. William M. Sullivan is Senior Scholar at the New American Colleges and Universities. He is co-author (with Robert N. Bellah and others) of The Good Society and Habits of the Heart. He has authored or edited a number of books in political and social theory as well as ethics. His most recent book is Liberal Learning as a Quest for Purpose.
