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Self-Realization and Justice - A Liberal-Perfectionist Defense of the Right to Freedom from Employment (Paperback)
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Self-Realization and Justice - A Liberal-Perfectionist Defense of the Right to Freedom from Employment (Paperback)
Series: Routledge Studies in Contemporary Philosophy
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In this book, Maskivker argues that there ought to be a right not
to participate in the paid economy in a new way; not by appealing
to notions of fairness to competing conceptions of the good, but
rather to a contentious (but defensible) normative ideal, namely,
self-realization. In so doing, she joins a venerable tradition in
ethical thought, initiated by Aristotle and developed in the work
of important eighteenth and nineteenth century thinkers including
Smith, Hume, and Marx.The book engages on-going debates (in both
philosophical and real world political and social policy circles)
about the provision of basic income grants, necessary to make the
possibility of self-realization real for all. Traditional defenses
of unconditional welfare benefits emphasize ideals of state
neutrality when they claim that society should not discriminate
against preferences for leisure in favor of preferences for work.
According to these views, the state ought not to interfere with
people's choices about what constitutes the "good life." In
contradistinction, Maskivker offers an innovative argument in
defense of a particular ideal of the "good life," namely,
life-goals directed at the pursuit of self-realization. However,
her understanding of self-realization appeals to modern and
contemporary values of freedom and pluralism. In a refreshingly new
light, the book strikes a balance between fascinating debates on
the conditions of human flourishing on the one hand, and heated
discussions about the Welfare State on the other.
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