What’s the relationship between economics and the virtues, between markets and morality? To explore the relationship between economics and moral philosophy, we use the newly published Economics and the Virtues: Building a New Moral Foundation to think about Aristotle, the Stoics, and Adam Smith, but also the important question of whether markets corrupt, ennoble, or are simply indifferent to morality.
James Bruce is associate professor of philosophy at John Brown University. Professor Bruce is the author of Rights in the Law, a book that explores the relationship between God and morality, and he is currently working on a book considering the relationship between Christianity, justice, and equality.
In addition to his academic writing and speaking, Professor Bruce dabbled in journalism, writing on religion for WORLD magazine for two years, and in commentary, writing for the Acton Institute, Liberty Fund, The Gospel Coalition, and The Wall Street Journal. He walks to work, hates television, and loves coffee. He blogs at JamesEBruce.com, and you can follow him on Twitter @JamesEBruce.
Victor V. Claar is BB&T Distinguished Professor of Free Enterprise at Florida Gulf Coast University and an affiliate scholar of the Acton Institute. A past Fulbright Scholar at the American University of Armenia, Professor Claar has a long, impressive record of publications, including his influential book, Economics in Christian Perspective: Theory, Policy and Life Choices (2007), now in its fifth printing and recently translated into Chinese.
Professor Claar is also the author of Fair Trade? Its Prospects as a Poverty Solution (2012), an incisive, thoughtful work that challenges us all to rethink how we buy what we need and want. You can follow him on Twitter @ VictorClaar
