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Record Nr.

UNINA9910457471103321

Autore

Maskivker Julia

Titolo

Self-realization and justice : a liberal-perfectionist defense of the right to freedom from employment / / Julia Maskivker

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Routledge, , 2012

ISBN

1-283-44313-9

9786613443137

0-203-12763-3

1-136-46391-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (171 p.)

Collana

Routledge studies in contemporary philosophy ; ; 35

Disciplina

331.01/3

Soggetti

Self-realization

Vocation

Work

Leisure

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Self-Realization and Justice: A Liberal-Perfectionist Defense of the Right to Freedom from Employment; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Preface; 1. Introduction: Self-Realization and Distributive Justice: When the Market Is Not Suffi cient for Equal Access; 2. From Aristotle to Modern Life: Self-Realization and Human Needs; 3. The Justice of Free-Riding: A Response to the Exploitation Objection Against the Option to Opt Out of Work; 4. What Type of Right Is the Right to Freedom from Employment?; 5. The Metric of Justice and Self-Realization

6. Conclusion: The Meaningful Leisure Ideal and Contemporary SocietyNotes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

In this book, Maskivker argues that there ought to be a right not to participate in the paid economy in a new way; not by appealing to notions of fairness to competing conceptions of the good, but rather to a contentious (but defensible) normative ideal, namely, self-realization. In so doing, she joins a venerable tradition in ethical thought, initiated



by Aristotle and developed in the work of important eighteenth and nineteenth century thinkers including Smith, Hume, and Marx.The book engages on-going debates (in both philosophical and real world political and social policy circles) about