{"title":"Commercial Corruption. A Fergusonian Perspective on Corruption in Democratic Capitalism","authors":"Veith Selk","doi":"10.1080/10999922.2022.2111820","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Adam Ferguson (1723–1816) was a representative of the Scottish Enlightenment and a keen observer of modern commercialism. This article considers his account of corruption in his Essay on the History of Civil Society in order to contribute to a fuller understanding of corruption and its sources. According to Ferguson, modern commercial institutions generate a peculiar form of corruption by privileging private fortune over public virtue as a means of distinction between citizens. Ferguson's view sheds light on the contradictions of contemporary democratic capitalism and has, for this reason, some justification to serve as a mirror image of our present-day circumstances. In particular, Ferguson’s concept of corruption can serve as a starting point for developing a concept of corruption that overcomes the dichotomy between narrowly individualist and overly broad structural understandings of the phenomenon.","PeriodicalId":51805,"journal":{"name":"Public Integrity","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.3000,"publicationDate":"2022-08-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"1","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Public Integrity","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10999922.2022.2111820","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q3","JCRName":"PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract Adam Ferguson (1723–1816) was a representative of the Scottish Enlightenment and a keen observer of modern commercialism. This article considers his account of corruption in his Essay on the History of Civil Society in order to contribute to a fuller understanding of corruption and its sources. According to Ferguson, modern commercial institutions generate a peculiar form of corruption by privileging private fortune over public virtue as a means of distinction between citizens. Ferguson's view sheds light on the contradictions of contemporary democratic capitalism and has, for this reason, some justification to serve as a mirror image of our present-day circumstances. In particular, Ferguson’s concept of corruption can serve as a starting point for developing a concept of corruption that overcomes the dichotomy between narrowly individualist and overly broad structural understandings of the phenomenon.
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