Showing posts with label morality. Show all posts
Showing posts with label morality. Show all posts

Sunday, November 2, 2008

Does the free market corrode moral character?

Does the free market corrode moral character?, a discussion in the John Templeton Foundation website.

The answer of Ben Asa Rast:
Perhaps the best way to answer this question is to ask another: does an un-free market improve moral character? Or, to phrase it differently, can coercion improve moral character? I think the answer is found in history. Rare is the man who can exercise such power over others without eventually being corrupted by it. As C.S. Lewis said: Aristotle was right; some men are fit to be only slaves; but I oppose slavery because I do not believe any man is fit to be a master.