Welcome members of LAS 1110: Ethics & Capitalism!

Capitalism has been a powerful force in shaping the world as we know it. But has the output been morally good or bad? How do we weigh the opportunity afforded through the free-market with the marginalization, oppression, and pervasive inequality within the distribution of primary social goods? This course examines that very question by first exploring a normative ethical framework, upon which, to evaluate morality. Capitalism and some related economic concepts will be defined and will serve as the focus of the moral evaluation. Related literature, historical events, political theory, recent organizational trends, and sociological phenomena will also be included within the evaluation.

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