Exploring the Moral Implications of Market Expansion

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In the world everything seems to have a monetary value to it, and it is surprising what people would do for money. Michael Sandel’s “Market and Morals” delves into just how far people would go to make money. Sandel explains the logistics of money by appealing to people through logos, ethos, and pathos as well. This conversation lead by Sandel makes the reader wonder why people would spend their money so frivolously, or do something as unnecessary as renting out their forehead to obtain money.
“There are some things money can’t buy, but these days, not as many” (Sandel 40). Sandel states this before he presents all of the data he has collected on how people spend their money. This use of logos conveys the point of the statement that money can almost buy anything. Money can pay children to read for the betterment of their education or be used to undermine others by paying five hundred thousand dollars to instantly become an American citizen, cutting ahead all those people who have been waiting for years. Unfortunately,
This applies to pathos because it makes us question whether or not we care enough about right versus wrong. With the expansion of these markets we get farther and farther from our morals. Market expansion grows greed causing us to be desensitized to the corruption going on around us. Sandel explains that money does not consider ethics but considers profit: “[t]hey don't ask whether some ways of valuing goods are higher, or worthier, than others. If someone is willing to pay for sex or kidney, and a consenting adult is willing to sell, the only question for the economist asks is “[h]ow much?” (Sandel 47). When I read this it personally made me feel sick that people would waste money on such things like sex. The way greed or lust dictates our lives can be pathetic. Sandel does a great job conveying how pieces of paper rule over our

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