Markets & Morals

Tuesdays | 4.30–6.00 | Elm Library

A seminar three-part seminar looking at debates about the relationship between a society’s economic structures and the character of its members: Is it true that commercial relations makes people more cooperative, trustworthy, and tolerant, while promoting peace between nations? Are there moral limits on what may legitimately be bought and sold? How has the nature of work been changed by development of modern capitalism, and what effect does the work we do have on the people we become?

Led by Gregory Collins (Yale, EP&E) and Peter Wicks (Elm Institute), this seminar is open to all current Yale undergraduates. Places are limited. Sign-up below. Dinner will be provided at the conclusion of the seminar discussion.

Schedule
9/29 Commerce and the American Founding (Jefferson, Hamilton, Madison)
10/6 Tocqueville on the Commercial Society
10/13 Contemporary Debates