Calculation and Morality

Calculation and Morality
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Publisher : Oxford University Press
Total Pages : 273
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ISBN-10 : 9780190856854
ISBN-13 : 0190856858
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Book Synopsis Calculation and Morality by : Caroline Oudin-Bastide

Download or read book Calculation and Morality written by Caroline Oudin-Bastide and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2019 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book studies how, from the last third of the 18th century to 1848, comparative costs of slave and free labor played a key role in the French debate over the abolition of slavery. The book thus offers an original view upon the connection between economic calculation and morality.


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