Market Participation, Self-respect, and Risk Tolerance
探讨商业活动中的风险体验对个人自尊和道德发展的影响，分析市场制度如何通过风险承担促进公民自主性与责任感，并强调伦理商业实践对自由民主社会稳定的关键作用。
Abstract How important is the experience of risk in business endeavors for self-respect and moral development? Tomasi prompts this question with his attempt to reconcile Rawls’s theory of justice as fairness with free-market capitalism, by claiming that economic activity is a way for people to exercise their autonomy, responsibility, and self-authorship, including through voluntary risk-taking. Critics argue that the social environment generated through market institutions is ill-suited for developing a sense of responsibility and autonomy among citizens. We refine the case for economic liberty by looking at the link between risk-taking and attitudes toward democratic citizenship. We highlight the critical role of ethical business practice as a contributor to the stability of liberal-democratic societies.