How to Scrutinize the Market God

Evaluating the Neo-Liberal Market Analogy Through Debates in Philosophy of Religion

Authors

  • Jerome Boyd

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.33043/S.13.1.48-61

Abstract

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.

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Published

2020-04-14

How to Cite

Boyd, J. (2020). How to Scrutinize the Market God: Evaluating the Neo-Liberal Market Analogy Through Debates in Philosophy of Religion. Stance: An International Undergraduate Philosophy Journal, 13(1), 48–61. https://doi.org/10.33043/S.13.1.48-61

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Vol. 13 No. 1 (2020): Stance Volume 13

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