The Objective Standard Blog

Thursday, February 18, 2010

Capitalism: The Only Moral Social System

Posted by TOS Admin at 3:14 pm

Craig Biddle will be delivering his talk “Capitalism: The Only Moral Social System” at the following universities next week:

• February 22, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Grainger Hall, Morgridge Auditorium (Room 1100) [map] 7:00pm
• February 23, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Willey Hall, Room 125 [map] 7:30pm
• February 24, Ohio State University, Wexner Center for the Arts, Performance Space [map] 6:00pm
• February 25, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Physics Building, Room 204 [map] 7:00pm

Admission is FREE and open to the public.

Description: Capitalism is widely recognized as the practical social system because, wherever and to the extent that it is implemented, it leads to wealth and prosperity. But this same system is widely regarded as immoral because it enables people to act fully in their own self-interest—that is, to act on their own judgment and to keep, use, and dispose of the product of their own effort. In this talk, Mr. Biddle demonstrates why, far from making capitalism immoral, the fact that it enables everyone to act selfishly and own property is what makes it not only the most practical but also the only moral social system ever devised.

Image: Wiki Commons

Posted in: Announcements, Business and Economics, Events, Individual Rights and Law, Philosophy