The morality of sex, violence and money is at the centre of much human life, but while the first two have been subject to intensive historical and philosophical investigation, the latter, until now, has largely been neglected. This book remedies that neglect.
 
- Does everything have a price?
- Does the pursuit of money corrupt our moral character?
- Can market prices be unfair or unjust?
- Should there be no restrictions on loaning at interest?
- Should we leave morality aside when it comes to money and markets?

The authors explore these questions and more from an historical and philosophical perspective, and in so doing provide the first comprehensive introduction to the morality of money.

Preface
The Morality of Money
Money, Commerce and Moral Theory
The Profit Motive and Morality
Usury and the Ethics of Interest-taking
The Morality of Pricing: Just Prices and Moral Traders
Money, Commodification and the Corrosion of Value: An Examination of the Sacred and Intrinsic Value
Money Measurement as the Moral Problem
The Charge of 'Economic Moralism': Might the Invisible Hand Eliminate the Need for a Morality of Money
Epilogue
Index

ADRIAN WALSH is a Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of New England, Australia, and a Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics.

TONY LYNCH is a Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of New England, Australia.