Exploitation - Couverture souple

Wertheimer, Alan

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0691019479 ISBN 13 : 9780691019475

Editeur : Princeton University Press, 1999

Synopsis

What is the basis for arguing that a volunteer army exploits citizens who lack civilian career opportunities? How do we determine that a doctor who has sex with his patients is exploiting them? In this book, Alan Wertheimer seeks to identify when a transaction or relationship can be properly regarded as exploitative-and not oppressive, manipulative, or morally deficient in some other way-and explores the moral weight of taking unfair advantage. Among the first political philosophers to examine this important topic from a non-Marxist perspective, Wertheimer writes about ordinary experience in an accessible yet philosophically penetrating way. He considers whether it is seriously wrong for a party to exploit another if the transaction is consensual and mutually advantageous, whether society can justifiably prohibit people from entering into such a transaction, and whether it is wrong to allow oneself to be exploited. Wertheimer first considers several contexts commonly characterized as exploitive, including surrogate motherhood, unconscionable contracts, the exploitation of student athletes, and sexual exploitation in psychotherapy. In a section outlining his theory of exploitation, he sets forth the criteria for a fair transaction and the point at which we can properly say that a party has consented. Whereas many discussions of exploitation have dealt primarily with cases in which one party harms or coerces another, Wertheimer's book focuses on what makes a mutually advantageous and consensual transaction exploitive and analyzes the moral and legal implications of such exploitation.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Alan Wertheimer is John G. McCullough Professor of Political Science at the University of Vermont. He is the author of Coercion (Princeton) and the editor, with John Chapman, of NOMOS XXXI: Majorities and Minorities.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Princeton University Press
• Date d'édition: 1999
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0691019479
• ISBN 13: 9780691019475
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 332
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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