Alan Wertheimer

Exploitation

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Produktbeschreibung

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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Princeton University Press
• Seitenzahl: 332
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. August 1999
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 540g
• ISBN-13: 9780691019475
• ISBN-10: 0691019479
• Artikelnr.: 22357578

Autorenporträt

Alan Wertheimer

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Acknowledgments
Ch. 1
Overview
3
Ch. 2
Unconscionable Contracts
37
Ch. 3
The Exploitation of Student Athletes
77
Ch. 4
Commercial Surrogacy
96
Ch. 5
Unconstitutional Conditions
123
Ch. 6
Sexual Exploitation in Psychotherapy
158
Ch. 7
Unfair Transactions
207
Ch. 8
Consent
247
Ch. 9
Moral Weight and Moral Force
278
Index
311

Rezensionen

This is an excellent book that does more than explore a fascinating concept.... It is refined, full of distinctions that are crucial for avoiding confusion on this difficult topic and, finally, it is well written.