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2. Economic Ethics

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Erschienen in: Economic Ethics in Late Medieval England, 1300–1500

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Abstract

“Economic ethics”, as discussed in the Introduction, is a term useful to describe the moral evaluation, judgement and prosecution of offences detrimental to what was thought to be a fair economy in late medieval England. Economic ethics, however, were a means by which not only to criticise dishonesty or greed but also to instil the positive virtues needed to overcome those vices. They could be described as practical ethics in the same way as present-day “business ethics”, but the term “economic ethics” gives the sense of a wider application than commerce, including the distribution of wealth, the treatment of the poor, and the livelihoods of all. As shown in the Introduction, this wider view is in contrast to most modern studies of medieval economic ethics, which tend to focus on usury and commerce or on transactions which occurred largely within urban marketplaces.This chapter firstly examines the sources and traditions of the concepts which comprised medieval economic ethics: excess or artifical wealth, avarice, justice, the just price, the common good and good lordship. It then turns to a discussion of late medieval English theologians and philosophers, some of whom criticised economic exploitation by lords.

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Nächstes Kapitel The Translation of Economic Ethics into the Daily Practices of the Laity

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Titel: Economic Ethics
verfasst von: Jennifer Hole
Verlag: Springer International Publishing
Buch: Economic Ethics in Late Medieval England, 1300–1500
Print ISBN: 978-3-319-38859-5

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-319-38860-1

Copyright-Jahr: 2016
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-38860-1_2