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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. This book focuses on what makes a mutually advantageous and consensual transaction exploitive. 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.

Langue

en

Version

Broché

Date de sortie initiale

08 août 1999

Nombre de pages

336

Illustrations

Non

Personnes impliquées

Auteur principal

Alan Wertheimer

Editeur principal

Princeton University Press

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Nom du fabricant

Easy Access System Europe

Adresse électronique du fabricant

[email protected]

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Hauteur de l’emballage

23 mm

Hauteur du produit

23 mm

Largeur d’emballage

197 mm

Largeur du produit

156 mm

Livre d‘étude

Oui

Longueur d’emballage

254 mm

Longueur du produit

223 mm

Poids de l’emballage

536 g

Police de caractères extra large

Non

Édition

New edition

EAN

EAN

9780691019475

Sécurité des produits

Opérateur économique responsable dans l’UE

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