Open AccessHow to Scrutinize the Market God
Author(s) -
Jerome Boyd
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
stance
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1943-1899
pISSN - 1943-1880
DOI - 10.33043/s.13.1.48-61
Subject(s) - theodicy , scrutiny , theism , parallels , liberalism , epistemology , philosophy , construct (python library) , agnosticism , positive economics , law and economics , economics , neoclassical economics , political science , theology , law , operations management , politics , computer science , programming language
This essay aims to construct and demonstrate an analogical inter-disciplinary methodology. Developing the parallels between the God of classical theism and the modern market illustrated by Harvey Cox, I propose that neo-liberalism may be scrutinized as a philosophically understood entity. Debates within philosophy of religion may act as templates of scrutiny against the postmodern deity that is the neo-liberal market system. I aim to exemplify this method through the bedrock theological issue that is the Epicurean Paradox; just as philosophers produce theodicy, I contend that free-market fundamentalists need advocate laissez-faire in light of socio- economic suffering.