Insuring Morality
Tom Baker
University of Pennsylvania Law School
May 2000
Abstract:
This article describes and compares two forms of moral regulation employed in connection with insurance institutions. The first governs through moralized personal attributes or pressures like "temptation" and "character." The second governs through moralized institutional or system attributes and processes described in terms of "efficiency." The article traces these forms of moral regulation from the mid-19th century to the present, arguing that both continue to inform popular and specialized discourses of risk.
Number of Pages in PDF File: 29
JEL Classification: K00, K13, B15, B21, B25
working papers series
Suggested Citation
Baker, Tom, Insuring Morality (May 2000). Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=243045 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.243045
