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Insuring Morality

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  • Tom Baker

    (University of Connecticut)

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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.

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  • Tom Baker, "undated". "Insuring Morality," University of Connecticut School of Law Working Papers uconn_ucwps-1001, University of Connecticut School of Law.
    • Handle: RePEc:bep:conlaw:uconn_ucwps-1001
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    1. William Lesch & Johannes Brinkmann, 2011. "Consumer Insurance Fraud/Abuse as Co-creation and Co-responsibility: A New Paradigm," Journal of Business Ethics, Springer, vol. 103(1), pages 17-32, April.

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