Social Philosophy and Policy

Table of Contents - 1996 - Volume 13, Issue 01  

Research Article

Capitalism and Community

David Conwaya1

a1 Philosophy, Middlesex University

Is capitalism inimical to community? Yes, say communitarians, a large part of whose body of writing is given over to the elaboration and defense of various forms of this thesis. The aim of the present essay is to contest this answer. Not only, I will argue, is there no good reason for supposing capitalism inimical to community, but there is reason to think it more conducive to community than are the feasible alternatives to it.