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Ruth J. Sample - Exploitation: What It Is and Why It´s Wrong - 9780742513662 - V9780742513662
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Exploitation: What It Is and Why It´s Wrong

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Description for Exploitation: What It Is and Why It´s Wrong Hardback. Exploitation locates what it is we recognize as bad when we judge a situation to be exploitative. Ideal for courses in social and political philosophy, public policy, or political science. Series: Studies in Social, Political and Legal Philosophy. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: HPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 158 x 17. Weight in Grams: 399.
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 ... Read more

Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
Series
Studies in Social, Political and Legal Philosophy
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
Lanham, MD, United States
ISBN
9780742513662
SKU
V9780742513662
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About Ruth J. Sample
Ruth J. Sample is associate professor of philosophy at the University of New Hampshire.

Reviews for Exploitation: What It Is and Why It´s Wrong
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 ... Read more

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