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SUMMARY:JOHN RAWLS AND JUST PRICES - Dr Arne Moritz\, Martin Luther Univer
 sität Halle Wittenberg\, Germany and CSC
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CONTACT:Dr Flavio Comim
DESCRIPTION:ABOUT THE TALK\n\nIt is a familiar idea to justify competitive
  price systems with regard to their efficiency\, to the freedoms they enta
 il and to the possibility of\nredistribution elsewhere in the entire arran
 gement of political economy. A particular version of this argument can be 
 found in John Rawls' by now\nclassical "A Theory of Justice"\, and elsewhe
 re in Rawls' works. The presentation will scrutinize Rawls' version of the
  argument. It presents competitive market prices as being fully compatible
  with a just arrangement of political economy and of society's institution
 al structure as a whole. The talk will identify three fundamental problems
  where this\nstrategy still seems to fail. These problems will at the same
  time be related to a more general concern with the political philosophy o
 f prices\, beyond the Rawlsian framework.\n\n\nABOUT THE SPEAKER\n\nDr Arn
 e Moritz is a lecturer in philosophy at the Martin-Luther-Universität Hal
 le-Wittenberg and a Research Associate of the Von-Hügel-Institute\n(Capab
 ility and Sustainability Centre). He has published widely in various field
 s\, including medieval philosophy\, political philosophy\, philosophy of r
 eligion\, and philosophy of gardens. Dr Moritz spends the academic year 20
 07/8 at the CSC\, funded by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD).\n
 His research is currently focused on the political philosophy of prices.\n
LOCATION:St Edmund's College\, Garden Room
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