Full title: Capitalism and human values / Tony Wilkinson.

Author/creator: Wilkinson, Tony, 1949-.

Call Numbers: G 2015/3311

Record Identifier: 74VKRKvKkE8b

Language: English

Formats: Books

Contents: 221 pages ; 24 cm., , , , Machine generated contents note: Capitalism is not enough -- Values -- The foundation of values -- What do we tell the children? -- Satisfied mind -- Reconstruction -- pt. One Things Fall Apart -- ch. 1 Crumbling Values -- A hollow centre -- A hollow society -- ch. 2 A Failure of Secularism -- The value-shaped hole -- The lack of secular foundation -- Binding cultures into society -- Power and the price of everything -- False trails and dead ends -- ch. 3 Laws and Rights -- The myth of law -- The myth of law, secular version -- Moral Rights -- Human Rights -- ch. 4 Emotivism -- Preferences and feelings -- The destructive power of emotivism -- Consensualism -- Nihilism -- Capitalism and preferences -- Marxism -- ch. 5 Science and Calculation -- Science -- Reductionism -- The humanistic level -- Determinism and free will -- Utilitarianism and calculation -- pt. Two A Foundation for Values -- ch. 6 A Central Goal -- Purposes, teleology and virtues -- The centre of our lives --, Contents note continued: Imperatives: "Why should I?" -- What might a central aim look like? -- ch. 7 Conditions for a Central Goal -- Reasonableness and consistency -- Reasonableness and making sense -- Reasonableness and change -- Unconditionality and the constant aim -- Unconditionality and human values -- Reasonable commitment -- Resonance, meaning and fulfilment -- ch. 8 Satisfied Mind -- Closing in on a central goal -- The inner life -- External circumstances -- Satisfied mind and inner skills -- Survival -- pt. Three The Structure of Satisfied Mind -- ch. 9 The Skills of Satisfied Mind -- How to play tennis -- Practice and belief -- The importance of structure -- Creating structure for practice -- ch. 10 The Five Families -- Mindfulness -- Mindfulness practice -- Benevolence -- Cultivating benevolence skills -- Language and belief: Story skills -- Stories -- Managing stories -- Letting go -- Living in the flux -- Forgiveness -- Fear -- Enjoyment -- Gratitude --, Contents note continued: Patience and humour -- ch. 11 Satisfied Mind as the Central Goal -- External needs -- Other people -- Responsibility -- Religious central aims -- Satisfied mind as "the real ideal" -- pt. Four Satisfied Mind and Personal Ethics -- ch. 12 Moral Reasoning -- Practice and action -- Rules of thumb -- The "golden rule" and others -- Equality and humanity -- Predators -- Moral certainty -- Moral judgement -- Particular cases and general rules -- ch. 13 Moral Issues -- The best lack all conviction -- Telling lies and breaking promises -- Abortion -- Assisted suicide -- Sex -- Violence -- Extreme scarcity -- Blame and evil -- pt. Five Capitalism Is Not Enough -- ch. 14 Values and Economics -- The revenge of Marx -- Capitalism and social values -- The other leg -- ch. 15 Work -- Alienation -- "Normal" work -- Work and hardship -- ch. 16 Business and Enterprise -- Enterprise and profit -- Competition and compassion -- "The law of the jungle" -- Rules --, Contents note continued: "Greed is good" -- ch. 17 Markets -- The working of markets -- Market failures -- The limits of "the invisible hand" -- The market society -- pt. Six Politics as if People Mattered -- ch. 18 Politics -- Politics and political values -- Means, ends and everyday politics -- Structures of power -- Values from outside politics -- ch. 19 The Unity of Values -- The Common Good as the good we have in common -- A very radical idea -- Is a common good authoritarian? -- The end of ethical neutrality -- ch. 20 Traditional Political Values -- Political rules of thumb -- Universal laws and rights -- Equality -- Fairness and justice -- Independence, freedom and liberty -- ch. 21 Sufficiency and Poverty -- Enough is enough -- Sufficiency as the external goal of politics -- Sufficiency and equality -- Wealth and power -- Absolute and relative poverty -- Sufficiency and responsibility -- Sufficiency and motivation -- ch. 22 Poverties -- The many faces of poverty --, Contents note continued: Sufficiency of power -- Work and welfare -- Health care -- Education -- Futures -- ch. 23 A Good Servant but a Bad Master -- Power and values -- Power and the social climate -- "Realpolitik" -- Defensive structures -- Capital and the state -- Tax avoidance and values -- ch. 24 Politics and Progress -- The story so far -- Values and vision -- Values and progress -- Capitalism and politics -- Changing the world.

Publishers: Exeter : Imprint Academic, [2015]

Notes: Societas : essays in political & cultural criticism. Includes bibliographical references.

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