Ethical foundations of the left

Luke Weiger lweiger at umich.edu
Wed Jul 25 17:32:25 PDT 2001


Right, but would that be because he actually believed it or because of other motives? Even if he does believe that market arrangements serve the interests of all to the fullest, as many right-wing ideologues appear to, isn't it plausible to suggest that that belief is rooted more in the wishful thinking prompted by self-interest than anything else?

-- Luke


> That Posner does not acknowledge the division between "bosses" and
> "the rest of us." If you asked him whether he really does think that
> it is an "advantage" that these arrangements rebound to the benefit
> of the bosses, he would say "no."
>
>
> Brad DeLong



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