The Morality of Money: An Exploration in Analytic Philosophy

by Adrian Walsh, T. Lynch

The morality of sex, violence and money is at the centre of much human life. While the first two have been subject to intensive historical and philosophical investigation, the latter has largely been neglected. The authors provide the first comprehensive introduction to the morality of money.

Genres: Philosophy

263 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2008

Reviews

[Tushar · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book pulls from the political ideas of a bunch of big thinkers around the time of Plato and Aristotle, plus some religious heavyweights like St. Augustine and Aquinas. It even name-drops Marx and Adam Smith, though it ends up with some wonky logical mix-ups. The real problem, though, is that it totally ignores the Austrian Economics crew—like Rothbard, Mises, and Robert Nozick. Sure, they get a quick shoutout, but the last four chapters could’ve been way different (and better) if their ideas got a fair shake. Rothbard especially had all the answers locked down, and these guys have already cranked out tons of books on this stuff.