Campus Units
Philosophy and Religious Studies, World Languages and Cultures
Document Type
Article
Publication Version
Published Version
Publication Date
2016
Journal or Book Title
Finance and Society
Volume
2
Issue
1
First Page
1
Last Page
1
DOI
10.2218/finsoc.v2i1.1660
Abstract
Debt is fundamental to finance and society. Derived from the French finir, ‘finance’ has long been associated with the settling of debts. Today, the financial industry mediates between unprecedented levels of indebtedness among households, businesses, and governments, on the one hand, and record levels of financialised assets, on the other. The ethical questions raised by contemporary practices of borrowing, lending, repayment, and default are thus central to the ethics of finance today.
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This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.5 UK: Scotland License.
Copyright Owner
The Authors
Copyright Date
2016
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
Carter, William H. and Padgett-Walsh, Kate, "Introduction: On the ethics of debt" (2016). World Languages and Cultures Publications. 123.
https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/language_pubs/123
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Comments
This is an article from Finance and Society 2 (2016): 1, doi: 10.2218/finsoc.v2i1.1660. Posted with permission.