10 How to Make a Sound Corruption Objection - Markets without Limits: Moral Virtues and Commercial Interests by Jason F. Brennan, Peter Jaworski

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10 How to Make a Sound Corruption ObjectionRead more at location 2158

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EvidenceRead more at location 2160

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If we allow certain things to be for sale, we will eventually come to regard them as mere commodities.Read more at location 2163

Note: MERCIFICAZIONE Edit

where is the evidence?Read more at location 2165

Note: EMPIRIA Edit

one needs real evidence that the market in fact corrupts.Read more at location 2168

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if they do provide evidence, it is spotty, minor, anecdotal, unsystematic, or ambiguous, not enoughRead more at location 2169

Note: LO STATO DELL ARTE Edit

The Burden of ProofRead more at location 2171

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people who advance the Corruption Objection bear the burdenRead more at location 2172

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The people advancing the Corruption Objection assert a controversial empirical claim,Read more at location 2173

Note: COME COLLOCARE L ONERE DELLA PROVA Edit

the same way that, say, medical researchers who want to claim that a chemical causes cancer have to prove their hypothesis.Read more at location 2174

Note: ESEMPIO Edit

are by default justified in being skepticalRead more at location 2175

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Data, Not AnecdotesRead more at location 2177

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Consider, as an analogy, that many people believe that drinking diet soda causes people to become overweight. They may be able to tell stories of friends who started drinking diet sodaRead more at location 2178

Note: ANALOGIA Edit

Causing Vs. Revealing CorruptionRead more at location 2184

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distinguish between two claims: A  The market causes people to have worse character or preferences. B  The market reveals people’s base character or preferences.Read more at location 2185

Note: IL MERCATO CAUSA O RIVELA? Edit

it’s not so clear that the market here is perverting men so much as just catering to pre-existing perversions.Read more at location 2189

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Markets Are Not Corrupting by DefinitionRead more at location 2204

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consider this argument: The market, by definition, is a zone where people are supposed to pursue their self-interest. Therefore, the market will make people more selfish.1 2 does not follow logically from 1. 2 really is an empirical claim,Read more at location 2205

Note: BEGGING THE QUESTION Edit

In football, players are encouraged to pursue a win, without concern for the other team’s desire to win. Therefore, playing football will make people more selfish.Read more at location 2210

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As far as we can tell, the people who advance the Corruption Objection almost never check.Read more at location 2217

Note: SOSPETTA MANCANZA DI CURIOSITÀ Edit

G. A. Cohen, in his book Why Not Socialism? and his other works, repeatedly claims that market society leads to a hypertrophy of greed. Is he right? He cannot rely upon Karl Marx’s armchair speculations to find out.Read more at location 2218

Note: L ES. DI COHEN Edit

Might Markets Corrupt Us in Some Ways While Improving Us in Others?Read more at location 2224

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one still needs to show that markets are corrupting on net, however one might balance different effects on character.Read more at location 2226

Note: COSA BISOGNA DIMOSTRARE Edit

suppose conservative and communitarian critics of the market are right that the market tends to weaken familial bonds and the sense of filial duty. Even if so, it might also turn out that the market simultaneously increases people’s tolerance and openness.Read more at location 2227

Note: ES: LEGAMI FAMILIARI VS TOLLERANZA Edit

Might Corruption Be a Price We’re Willing to Pay?Read more at location 2232

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suppose Barber is right when he asserts that markets infantilize adults.Read more at location 2233

Note: INFANTILISMO VS FELICITÁ Edit

But, at the same time, markets also deliver greater happiness,Read more at location 2235

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We might think the trade-off is worthwhile—itRead more at location 2236

Note: TRADE OFF OVUNQUE Edit

Corruption Isn’t Strictly Speaking WrongRead more at location 2240

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We don’t have any clear moral duty to have perfect character—weRead more at location 2243

Note: VIRTÙ O DEONTOLOGIA? Edit

It might turn out that when we buy and sell certain things, this will tend to corrupt others, but that might be a problem with them, not with us.Read more at location 2251

Note: LA CORRUZIONE DI TERZI Edit

suppose a popular music band releases a clangorous, psychedelic dance song, which in turn induces a psychopath to murder some celebrities.Read more at location 2253

Note: IL ROCK