From: Dogan Goecmen (Dogangoecmen@AOL.COM)
Date: Tue Oct 31 2006 - 14:04:58 EST
I would say markets might promote honesty insofar as they require some basic trust, but also dishonesty, insofar as people swindle. Reply: why do we never trust to adverts? But I still think that proves my basic thesis about it, i.e. that markets do not contain any specific morality of their own, except what is necessary to settle transactions. Reply: what morality is necessary to settle transactions? Economic growth and unemployment levels seem to have a lot to do with it - in a society where everybody can make gains, crime is reduced; it seems that, the more the gains of some are made at the expense of others, the more crime increases. Reply: Engels says that in markets there will always some losers and gainers. What is then social framework where everybody can make gais? What do you mean by 'gain'? Now what is "the truth", what is honesty? Reply: Yes, what is truth? What is honesty? Is not truth essentially an non-utilitarian concept? What about its relation to impartiality? Best.... Dogan
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