Philosophy and the Problems of Work A Reader

Philosophy and the Problems of Work brings together for the first time important philosophical perspectives on the subject of labor and work. Ranging from selections by historical figures such as Plato, Rousseau, Smith and Marx to contemporary debates in political theory and philosophy of economics, the reader covers a variety of viewpoints across both analytical and Continental traditions, including ancient and modern thinkers, classical and welfare liberals, Marxists, anarchists and feminists.

Kory Schaff is in the Ph.D. program at the University of California, San Diego.

Preface

ix

Acknowledgments

xiii

Introduction: Philosophy and the Problems of Work, by Kory Schaff

1

(18)

Part 1 Modern Society, Technology, and ``Work''

19

(88)

The Human Condition

23

(20)

Hannah Arendt

Eros and Civilization

43

(16)

Herbert Marcuse

Discipline and Punish

59

(14)

Michel Foucault

``Work, Play, and Technology''

73

(20)

Mark Okrent

``Towards a Theory of Work''

93

(14)

Gregory Pence

Part 2 Meaningful Work and Exploitation

107

(68)

Anarchy, State, and Utopia

109

(14)

Robert Nozick

Against Capitalism

123

(18)

David Schweickart

``Exploitation''

141

(24)

Allen Wood

``Racial Inequality and Capitalist Exploitation''

165

(10)

Gary Dymski

Part 3 Justice and Equality

175

(90)

A Theory of Justice

179

(22)

John Rawls

``Is Work Special? Justice and the Distribution of Employment''

201

(16)

Richard Arneson

Self-Ownership, Freedom, and Equality

217

(10)

G. A. Cohen

``Sex and Work''

227

(22)

Ann Ferguson

``Disability and the Right to Work''

249

(16)

Gregory Kavka

Part 4 The Welfare State and Democratic Rights

265

(72)

``Workfare and the Imposition of Discipline''

267

(16)

Mary Hawkesworth

``Is There (or Should There Be) a Right to Work?''

283

(18)

Jon Elster

``Basic Income Capitalism''

301

(16)

Phillipe van Parijs

``Fairness to Idleness: Is There a Right Not to Work?''

317

(20)

Andrew Levine

Part 5 After Capitalism?

337

(44)

``The Morality and Efficiency of Market Socialism''

339

(16)

John Roemer

``What's Labor Got to Do with It? Capitalism and the Counterproject''

355

(26)

David Schweickart

Index

381

(3)

About the Editor

384

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