TY - BOOK ID - 8358871 TI - Free Markets and the Culture of Common Good AU - Schlag, Martin. AU - Mercado, Juan Andrés. PY - 2012 SN - 9400729898 9401784043 9786613709165 9400729901 1280798777 PB - Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, DB - UniCat KW - Capitalism -- Moral and ethical aspects. KW - Economics -- Philosophy. KW - Free enterprise -- Moral and ethical aspects. KW - Free enterprise KW - Capitalism KW - Philosophy KW - Business & Economics KW - Philosophy & Religion KW - Ethics KW - Economic Theory KW - Moral and ethical aspects KW - Free enterprise. KW - Free markets KW - Laissez-faire KW - Markets, Free KW - Private enterprise KW - Philosophy. KW - Religion. KW - Ethics. KW - Economic theory. KW - Economic Theory/Quantitative Economics/Mathematical Methods. KW - Religious Studies, general. KW - Economic theory KW - Political economy KW - Social sciences KW - Economic man KW - Deontology KW - Ethics, Primitive KW - Ethology KW - Moral philosophy KW - Morality KW - Morals KW - Philosophy, Moral KW - Science, Moral KW - Values KW - Religion, Primitive KW - Atheism KW - God KW - Irreligion KW - Religions KW - Theology KW - Mental philosophy KW - Humanities KW - Economic policy UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:8358871 AB - Recent economic development and the financial and economic crisis require a change in our approach to business and finance. This book combines theology, economy and philosophy in order to examine in detail the idea that the functioning of a free market economy depends upon sound cultural and ethical foundations. The free market is a cultural achievement, not only an economic phenomenon subject to technical rules of trade and exchange. It is an achievement which lives by and depends upon the values and virtues shared by the majority of those who engage in economic activity. It is these values and virtues that we refer to as culture. Trust, credibility, loyalty, diligence, and entrepreneurship are the values inherent in commercial rules and law. But beyond law, there is also the need for ethical convictions and for global solidarity with developing countries. This book offers new ideas for future sustainable development and responds to an increasing need for a new sense of responsibility for the common good in societal institutions and good leadership. ER -