This article examines the conceptual transformation of what was once considered usury into finance. To counter traditional arguments that usury was exploitative and unnatural, early modern theorists reconceptualized debt as a form of investment for both borrowers and lenders. Today, this ethical...

Economists and theologians usually inhabit different intellectual worlds. Economists investigate the workings of markets and tend to set ethical questions aside. Theologians, anxious to take up concerns raised by market outcomes, often dismiss economics and lose insights into the influence of...

"Essays examining the science behind markets in order to make ethical judgments. A clear understanding of fundamental concepts of economic science, such as profit, interest, and entrepreneurship, makes possible true statements about welfare economics, the morality of market transactions, and...

Diese wirtschaftsethische Reflexion geht angesichts einer sehr lautschrillen öffentlichen Debatte der Frage nach, ob ein profitabler Weltkonzern wie Siemens Betriebsstandorte in strukturschwachen Regionen Ostdeutschlands schließen darf. Dem die Öffentlichkeit dominierenden Wahrnehmungsmuster...