Netherlands, Oct. 18 -- Project Id: 75646

Description: Grant agreement ID: 682467

Project website

Status

Ongoing project

Start date

1 September 2016

End date

31 August 2021

Funded under:

H2020-EU.1.1.

Overall budget:

€ 1 807 334

EU contribution

€ 1 807 334

Objective

This is a study of the morality of commercial life insurance. What moral issues are raised when commercial companies define responsibilities for misfortune and the appropriateness of entitlements? What are the concerns about the financialization of life and intimacy?

First, this study examines the morality of bureaucratic classifications produced by the insurance industry. Classifications reveal particular perspectives on the world and are at the he...