Conflict of values

Author: Wang Xiaosheng
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Publish Date: 2003-09-01
Features: This book focuses on the relationship between efficiency and virtue in the market economy, analyzing and exploring ethical issues in the market economy. As the market economy develops, the scope of exchange will continue to expand, and economic competition may, to some extent, evolve into a competition that minimizes moral principles. Economic behavior that employs free competition as a means and efficiency maximization as a principle requires people to use money as a measure of economic activity efficiency. The value of money above all else will also thrive and spread in this social context. This value often manifests as a series of abnormal social phenomena in daily life, such as envy and extravagance. Therefore, guiding people's economic behavior with moral principles and shaping values that suit the market economy have become important issues before us. Adhering to contracts and emphasizing credibility are two interrelated aspects of economic behavior, indispensable in market exchanges. At the same time, fairness must be upheld in market exchanges. Fairness encompasses social, political, and ethical meanings, including equal opportunity, fair exchange, and fair distribution.