Single Idea 23107

[catalogued under 24. Political Theory / D. Ideologies / 3. Conservatism]

Full Idea

If social institutions were to have a first virtue, …prosperity would be a much stronger candidate that justice.

Gist of Idea

Prosperity is a higher social virtue than justice

Source

John Kekes (Against Liberalism [1997], 06.3)

Book Reference

Kekes,John: 'Against Liberalism' [Cornell 1997], p.128


A Reaction

Kekes occasionally pays lip service to ecological issues, but this shows he is not serious. Endless economic growth will kill our planet, so it should never be our prime virtue. Also the impplication that you can't be too prosperous is plainly false.