University of Notre Dame - Why Business? What is the Role of Business in a Just and Humane Society 

Welcome to the Course!

Justice in a Commercial Society?

Adam Smith on Justice and Beneficence

Adam Smith's Explanation of the Wealth of Nations (Part 1)

Adam Smith's Explanation of the Wealth of Nations (Part 2)

Pope St. John Paul II on the Nobility of Work

Recap of Justice in a Commercial Society?

Welcome

Course Overview & Requirements

Meet Your Instructor

Netiquette

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Introduction

"Market Reformer: An Economist Considers Pope Francis' Critique of Capitalism"

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Optional Resources

Introduction

Theory of Moral Sentiments

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Introduction

Wealth of Nations

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Introduction

Laborem Exercens

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Introduction

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Week 1 Next Steps

Lesson 1.1

Lesson 1.2

Lesson 1.3

Lesson 1.4

Lesson 1.5

Lesson 1.5 Reflection

Introduction to Value: Broken Windows and Prices

Bastiat's What Is Seen and What Is Unseen

Hayek on Rational Economic Order and Prices

Sandel: Can Markets Price Everything?

Recap of Value: Broken Windows and Prices

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Introduction

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Introduction

What Is Seen and What Is Not Seen

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Introduction

"The Use of Knowledge in Society"

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Introduction

Video: What Money Can't Buy: The Moral Limits of Markets

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Introduction

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Week 2 Next Steps

Lesson 2.2

Lesson 2.3

Lesson 2.4

Lesson 2.5

Introduction to Objections to Markets

Two Moral Objections from Karl Marx

G. A. Cohen's Camping Trip: A Recent Case for Socialism

Cohen on Luck and Equality of Opportunity

Recap of Objections to Markets and Capitalism

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Introduction

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Introduction

Karl Marx's "Free Human Production"

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Introduction

Why Not Socialism?

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Introduction

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Introduction

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Week 3 Next Steps

Lesson 3.1

Lesson 3.2

Lesson 3.3

Lesson 3.4

Lesson 3.5

Introduction to Why Business?

Andrew Carnegie on the Duties of Wealth

Milton Friedman on the Social Responsibility of Business

Pope Francis on Economic Exclusion

Recap of Why Business?

Closing

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Introduction

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Introduction

The Gospel of Wealth

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Introduction

The Social Responsibility of Business Is to Increase Its Profit

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Introduction

Pope Francis's Evangelii Gaudium

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Optional Resources

Introduction

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Week 4 Next Steps

Lesson 4.1

Lesson 4.2

Lesson 4.3

Lesson 4.4

Lesson 4.5