What the market does not kill: an analysis of spieciesist morality and economics

In this paper we discuss the relation between morality and economy starting with Michael Sandel’s analysis of the moral limits of the market. Sandel investigates how moral values are increasingly being included within the logic of market economy guided by profit. We investigate particularly how the...

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Main Authors: Wesley Felipe de Oliveira, Alessandro Pinzani
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina 2015-07-01
Series:INTERthesis
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Online Access:https://periodicos.ufsc.br/index.php/interthesis/article/view/39566
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description In this paper we discuss the relation between morality and economy starting with Michael Sandel’s analysis of the moral limits of the market. Sandel investigates how moral values are increasingly being included within the logic of market economy guided by profit. We investigate particularly how the speciesist morality that justifies the exclusion of animals from the moral community is bound to the logic of market, including and keeping nonhuman animals within a system that seeks monetary profit through their exploration and commercialization. We defend that although the economy has a significant influence in determining certain moral practices, the opposite is also true, i.e., morality can also exert an influence on the market and dictate its limits regarding what may or may not be submitted to the logic of economic profit. The overcoming of speciesist morality through ethical proposals to include sentient beings in the sphere of moral actions and to take their interests into account, could – so our conclusion – lead to free animals from the market logic.
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spelling doaj.art-f77c6fc38c7a4203b364f30b40bc1cd02022-12-22T01:17:44ZengUniversidade Federal de Santa CatarinaINTERthesis1807-13842015-07-01121011510.5007/1807-1384.2015v12n1p123999What the market does not kill: an analysis of spieciesist morality and economicsWesley Felipe de Oliveira0Alessandro Pinzani1Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, SCUniversidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, SCIn this paper we discuss the relation between morality and economy starting with Michael Sandel’s analysis of the moral limits of the market. Sandel investigates how moral values are increasingly being included within the logic of market economy guided by profit. We investigate particularly how the speciesist morality that justifies the exclusion of animals from the moral community is bound to the logic of market, including and keeping nonhuman animals within a system that seeks monetary profit through their exploration and commercialization. We defend that although the economy has a significant influence in determining certain moral practices, the opposite is also true, i.e., morality can also exert an influence on the market and dictate its limits regarding what may or may not be submitted to the logic of economic profit. The overcoming of speciesist morality through ethical proposals to include sentient beings in the sphere of moral actions and to take their interests into account, could – so our conclusion – lead to free animals from the market logic.https://periodicos.ufsc.br/index.php/interthesis/article/view/39566EconomiaEspecismoMoralidadeSenciência
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What the market does not kill: an analysis of spieciesist morality and economics
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Economia
Especismo
Moralidade
Senciência
title What the market does not kill: an analysis of spieciesist morality and economics
title_full What the market does not kill: an analysis of spieciesist morality and economics
title_fullStr What the market does not kill: an analysis of spieciesist morality and economics
title_full_unstemmed What the market does not kill: an analysis of spieciesist morality and economics
title_short What the market does not kill: an analysis of spieciesist morality and economics
title_sort what the market does not kill an analysis of spieciesist morality and economics
topic Economia
Especismo
Moralidade
Senciência
url https://periodicos.ufsc.br/index.php/interthesis/article/view/39566
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