Apr 19, 2024  
2016-2017 HillBook (Class of 2020) 
    
2016-2017 HillBook (Class of 2020) [ARCHIVED HILL BOOK]

ECO 316 - Markets and Morality

Three Credits
Not Offered 2016-2017

Voluntary exchange through a market process enables individuals to coordinate the complicated but vital task of producing and distributing goods and services. Though market activities often generate socially beneficial outcomes, markets appear to lack a moral end or purpose. Using Papal Encyclicals, we will investigate how the Catholic Church has struggled with the morality of voluntary exchange through markets.

Prerequisite(s):   or First-Year Seminar equivalent (  ,   , or   )
Fulfills the Catholic Intellectual Traditions and Moral Inquiry requirements.