Philosophy and the Problems of Work A Reader,9780742507944

Philosophy and the Problems of Work A Reader

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ISBN13: 9780742507944
ISBN10: 0742507947
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2001-04-11
Publisher(s): Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
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Summary

Philosophy and the Problems of Work brings together for the first time important philosophical perspectives on the subject of labor and work. Ranging from selections by historical figures such as Plato, Rousseau, Smith and Marx to contemporary debates in political theory and philosophy of economics, the reader covers a variety of viewpoints across both analytical and Continental traditions, including ancient and modern thinkers, classical and welfare liberals, Marxists, anarchists and feminists.

Author Biography

Kory Schaff is in the Ph.D. program at the University of California, San Diego.

Table of Contents

Preface ix
Acknowledgments xiii
Introduction: Philosophy and the Problems of Work, by Kory Schaff 1(18)
Part 1 Modern Society, Technology, and ``Work'' 19(88)
The Human Condition
23(20)
Hannah Arendt
Eros and Civilization
43(16)
Herbert Marcuse
Discipline and Punish
59(14)
Michel Foucault
``Work, Play, and Technology''
73(20)
Mark Okrent
``Towards a Theory of Work''
93(14)
Gregory Pence
Part 2 Meaningful Work and Exploitation 107(68)
Anarchy, State, and Utopia
109(14)
Robert Nozick
Against Capitalism
123(18)
David Schweickart
``Exploitation''
141(24)
Allen Wood
``Racial Inequality and Capitalist Exploitation''
165(10)
Gary Dymski
Part 3 Justice and Equality 175(90)
A Theory of Justice
179(22)
John Rawls
``Is Work Special? Justice and the Distribution of Employment''
201(16)
Richard Arneson
Self-Ownership, Freedom, and Equality
217(10)
G. A. Cohen
``Sex and Work''
227(22)
Ann Ferguson
``Disability and the Right to Work''
249(16)
Gregory Kavka
Part 4 The Welfare State and Democratic Rights 265(72)
``Workfare and the Imposition of Discipline''
267(16)
Mary Hawkesworth
``Is There (or Should There Be) a Right to Work?''
283(18)
Jon Elster
``Basic Income Capitalism''
301(16)
Phillipe van Parijs
``Fairness to Idleness: Is There a Right Not to Work?''
317(20)
Andrew Levine
Part 5 After Capitalism? 337(44)
``The Morality and Efficiency of Market Socialism''
339(16)
John Roemer
``What's Labor Got to Do with It? Capitalism and the Counterproject''
355(26)
David Schweickart
Index 381(3)
About the Editor 384

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