
Against Fairness |
Book Category:
Philosophy > General
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Author:
Stephen T. Asma
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Binding:
Cloth
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ISBN 13:
9780226029863
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Price:
USD 22.50
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Publication Year:
2012
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Publisher Info
University of Chicago Press. InquiryFrom the school yard to the workplace, there's no charge more damning than "You're being unfair!" Born out of democracy and raised in open markets, fairness has become our de facto modern creed. The very symbol of American ethics--Lady Justice--wears a blindfold as she weighs the law on her impartial scale. In our zealous pursuit of fairness, we have banished our urges to like one person more than another, one thing over another, hiding them away as dirty secrets of our humanity. In Against Fairness, polymath philosopher Stephen T. Asma drags them triumphantly back into the light. Through playful, witty, but always serious arguments and examples, he vindicates our unspoken and undeniable instinct to favor, making the case that we would all be better off if we showed our unfair tendencies a little more kindness--indeed, if we favored favoritism.
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