The Moral Economy

“Morality is, without doubt, the most human and urgent of all topics of study; and I should like, if possible, to make it appear so.” Tired of the mire of “scholastic technicalities,” Harvard professor Ralph Barton Perry seeks to free ethics from its academic chains and examine it only as it pertains to human experience. Perry hopes to “connect ethical theory with every-day reflection on practical matters.” The Moral Economy is a refreshing and eminently readable perspective that recaptures philosophy for the general population.