What (if anything) is wrong with capitalism? Three paths of the critique of capitalism

Authors

  • Rahel Jaeggi Humboldt Universität zu Berlin

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2318-9800.v20i2p13-36

Keywords:

capitalism, functional critique, moral critique, ethical critique, critique of life forms.

Abstract

Starting from the question of how capitalism can be criticized today, the text categorizes arguments brought forward against capitalism into three lines of reasoning (functional, moral, ethical) and analyzes their argumentative approaches. Furthermore, they are examined as to whether their points of critique discuss specific characteristics of a capitalist economic and social order. Thus, strengths and weaknesses of the different patterns of reasoning are exposed. Last, the paper offers an outlook on how the identified deficits could be resolved by combining the different approaches of critique.

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Published

2015-12-11

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Vol. 20 No. 2 (2015)

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What (if anything) is wrong with capitalism? Three paths of the critique of capitalism. (2015). Cadernos De Filosofia Alemã: Crítica E Modernidade, 20(2), 13-36. https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2318-9800.v20i2p13-36