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The Rise Of The Marburg Phoenix: Karl Vorlaender's Kantian/Marxian Synthesis As Key In The Debate Over Capitalism Vs. Economic Democracy, Kevin M. Mccarron

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Mainstream economics has long avoided two issues pressing on the discipline and on society: Ownership of the means of production and ethics. While Adam Smith clearly presented his Wealth of Nations as a normative adjunct to his Theory of Moral Sentiments, he left alone the question of ownership. While Karl Marx presented a detailed critique of the theory and practice of capitalism, he failed to produce an explicit ethical theory to explain why capitalism is unacceptable. In 1971 there appeared a work that would have great impact on the academic world, John Rawls' A Theory of Justice. Here was a …