Abstract
Aristotle’s objection to unlimited commercial exchange as an unnatural activity governed by no moral constraints or teleological aims continues to endure as a powerful criticism of markets. This article applies this criticism to the thought of Edmund Burke and F. A. Hayek. It argues that whereas Hayek’s suspicion of teleology and a hierarchy of ends does leave his embrace of market economies vulnerable to Aristotle’s criticism, Burke overcomes this objection by explicitly subordinating commerce to the religious and moral imperatives of a nation.