Exploitation
What It Is and Why It's Wrong
Published on 7. December 2003
Book
Paperback/Softback
208 pages
978-0-7425-1367-9 (ISBN)
Description
Exploitation: What It Is and Why It's Wrong locates what it is we recognize as bad when we judge a situation to be exploitative. This is not merely a matter of surveying ordinary moral judgments-author Ruth Sample identifies what's wrong with exploitation in the ethically thick sense. In so doing, she argues that some cases that have been regarded as exploitative are not genuinely so, and that some exploitative situations are not generally seen as such. Sample's own account locates exploitation in those interactions that we might call degrading, even when those interactions are voluntary or worsen one's own position. While exploitation is morally bad, because of the plurality of values in our moral universe, it does not follow that exploitative situations should be prohibited by law or sanctioned by public opinion.Exploitation is ideal for courses in social and political philosophy, public policy, or political science.
Reviews / Votes
I would recommend this book to anyone interested in exploitation as a moral concept, as well as to those who have abandoned the concept of exploitation as fundmentally confused or unhelpful. After reading this book, the latter group may need to change their minds. -- Samantha Brennan, University of Western Ontario This book should be read by scholars and students of ethics and political philosophy, but also by policy makers, CEOs, marriage counselors, and anyone positioned to alter the terms of social cooperation-on a large or small scale. -- Laurie Shrage, California State Polytechnic University Written in a clear and concise style, will appeal primarily to ethicists and perhaps other faculty. Sample's hypothetical examples are interesting and, to this reviewer's intuition, her conclusions are right. Recommended. * CHOICE * Sample's book is on the whole a fine contribution to an important debate in its systematic and open-minded treatment of its subject. It is capable of forcing anyone who reads it to rethink his established notions about what exploitation involves and what makes it wrong. * Ethics: An International Journal of Social, Political, and Legal Philosophy * Sample presents a powerful and original account of exploitation that distinguishes exploitation from other moral faults and explains precisely why it is morally objectionable. -- Jon Mandle, SUNY-AlbanyMore details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 150 mm
Thickness: 12 mm
Weight
281 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7425-1367-9 (9780742513679)
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Schweitzer Classification
Person
Ruth J. Sample is associate professor of philosophy at the University of New Hampshire.
Content
Chapter 1 The Badness of Exploitation: Why Not a Market Approach? Chapter 2 Exploitation and Vulnerability: "Taking Advantage of an Unusual Situation" Chapter 3 What Is Bad about Exploitation: Exploitation, Degradation, and Human Flourishing Chapter 4 Exploitation and the Family: Accounting for Exploitation among Intimates Chapter 5 Exploitation and Globalization: Is Globalization Fundamentall Exploitative?