What is it about?
Are there some things money simply cannot buy? This article says yes, and explains how some things are impossible to exchange for money, because they are transformed in the process.
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Why is it important?
This is the first detailed examination of why some things cannot be bought or sold. Many people claim there are such things, but this is the first extended explanation of why there are such things and how they work. It is useful for anyone wondering about the ethics and metaphysics of buying and selling any contested commodities like kidneys, sex, or votes.
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This page is a summary of: Transformable Goods and the Limits of What Money Can Buy, Moral Philosophy and Politics, June 2017, De Gruyter,
DOI: 10.1515/mopp-2015-0016.
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