Mei, Todd (2009) The Pre-eminence of Use: Reinterpreting the Relation between Use and Exchange in Aristotle’s Economic Thinking. Journal of the History of Philosophy, 47 (4). pp. 523-548. ISSN 0022-5053. (The full text of this publication is not currently available from this repository. You may be able to access a copy if URLs are provided) (KAR id:23352)
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Abstract
Aristotle’s economic thinking in the Nicomachean Ethics 5.5 and Politics 1 provides one of the earliest analyses of the economic nature exchange. Establishing the significance of Aristotle in this area has often led modern commentators to equate Aristotle’s descriptive analysis of use and exchange to the definitions of use-value and exchange-value as it is found in Karl Marx. In this article, I show that Aristotle’s understanding of use and exchange is qualitatively different from this interpretation, focusing in particular on the ethical nature of use and how, for Aristotle, exchange is an extension of practical deliberation.
Item Type: | Article |
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Subjects: |
J Political Science B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion |
Divisions: | Divisions > Division of Arts and Humanities > School of Culture and Languages |
Depositing User: | Todd Mei |
Date Deposited: | 24 Jun 2011 14:36 UTC |
Last Modified: | 16 Nov 2021 10:01 UTC |
Resource URI: | https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/23352 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes) |
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