http://cultureby.com/2004/05/dr_oneill_may_i.html This Blog Sits At the Intersection of Anthropology and Economics Wed, 08 Feb 2012 08:43:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://cultureby.com/2004/05/dr_oneill_may_i.html/comment-page-1#comment-8032 Grant Tue, 01 Jun 2004 10:53:21 +0000 http://localhost/wp_culture/?p=1201#comment-8032 Patrick, thanks for your very apt comment. I will check Walzer out. Best, Grant Patrick, thanks for your very apt comment. I will check Walzer out. Best, Grant

]]> http://cultureby.com/2004/05/dr_oneill_may_i.html/comment-page-1#comment-8031 Patrick Tue, 01 Jun 2004 09:53:00 +0000 http://localhost/wp_culture/?p=1201#comment-8031 There's a point where these meta-questions leave the realm of the social scientist and enter that of the philosopher. To wit, consider the Walzer's _Spheres of Justice_. He argues, it seems rightly to me, that though the market is an acceptable (Ideal?) distriution system for some goods. Other Goods (big G- Goods?), require other means of distribution and rules of transfer. We get upset when the market is applied to other spheres (campaign finance), and likewise when other spheres meddle in the market (nepotism). It's certainly a cultural question where we draw the lines between spheres (whence prostitution, for instance?), but I believe Walzer provides a useful analytic scheme, one pertinent to the question implied above. There’s a point where these meta-questions leave the realm of the social scientist and enter that of the philosopher. To wit, consider the Walzer’s _Spheres of Justice_. He argues, it seems rightly to me, that though the market is an acceptable (Ideal?) distriution system for some goods. Other Goods (big G- Goods?), require other means of distribution and rules of transfer. We get upset when the market is applied to other spheres (campaign finance), and likewise when other spheres meddle in the market (nepotism). It’s certainly a cultural question where we draw the lines between spheres (whence prostitution, for instance?), but I believe Walzer provides a useful analytic scheme, one pertinent to the question implied above.

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