Bibliography: BIB16029

web link	bahai-library.com/bibliography/BIB16029
reference type	Journal Article
title	Les valeurs économiques et les valeurs morales
journal	Journal of Bahá'í Studies
author	Hatcher, William S.
Authority control 1	William S. Hatcher
authority control	William S. Hatcher
year	1989
date	1989
issue	4
volume	1
abstract	Economists have presumed that economic behavior is based on individual and collective value choices, and that these choices are essentially materialistic in that they seek to maximize selfishly defined social and personal utility above any other consideration. Our current economic systems reflect this presumption. This paper examines and supports the thesis that economic activity actually presupposes an often unacknowledged underlying morality of a more fundamental sort - a morality deriving from the value choices we make about the most basic aspects of human relationships and human existence: trustworthiness, truthfulness, cooperation, suffering, compassion, etc. In light of this thesis, it is seen that both capitalism and socialism are morally defective.
language	French
keywords	ECONOMICS; MORALITY; CAPITALISM; SOCIALISM
pages	41–58