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With unemployment at historically high rates that show signs of
becoming structural, there is a pressing need for an in-depth
exploration of this economic injustice. Unemployment is one of the
problems most likely to put critical pressure on our political
institutions, disrupt the social fabric of our way of life, and
even threaten the continuation of liberalism itself. Despite the
obvious importance of the problem of unemployment, however, there
has been a curious lack of attention paid to this issue by
contemporary non-Marxist political philosophers. On Unemployment
explores the moral implications of the problem of unemployment
despite the continuing uncertainty involving both its causes and
its cures. Reiff takes up a series of questions about the nature of
unemployment and what justice has to tell us about what we should
do, if anything, to alleviate it. The book comprehensively
discusses the related theory and suggests how we might implement
these more general observations in the real world. It addresses the
politics of unemployment and the extent to which opposition to some
or all of the book's various proposals stem not from empirical
disagreements about the best solutions, but from more basic moral
disagreements about whether the reduction of unemployment is indeed
an appropriate moral goal. This exciting new text will be essential
for scholars and readers across business, economics, and finance,
as well as politics, philosophy, and sociology.
With unemployment at historically high rates that show signs of
becoming structural, there is a pressing need for an in-depth
exploration of this economic injustice. Unemployment is one of the
problems most likely to put critical pressure on our political
institutions, disrupt the social fabric of our way of life, and
even threaten the continuation of liberalism itself. Despite the
obvious importance of the problem of unemployment, however, there
has been a curious lack of attention paid to this issue by
contemporary non-Marxist political philosophers. On Unemployment
explores the moral implications of the problem of unemployment
despite the continuing uncertainty involving both its causes and
its cures. Reiff takes up a series of questions about the nature of
unemployment and what justice has to tell us about what we should
do, if anything, to alleviate it. The book comprehensively
discusses the related theory and suggests how we might implement
these more general observations in the real world. It addresses the
politics of unemployment and the extent to which opposition to some
or all of the book's various proposals stem not from empirical
disagreements about the best solutions, but from more basic moral
disagreements about whether the reduction of unemployment is indeed
an appropriate moral goal. This exciting new text will be essential
for scholars and readers across business, economics, and finance,
as well as politics, philosophy, and sociology.
For years now, unionization has been under vigorous attack.
Membership has been steadily declining, and with it union
bargaining power. As a result, unions may soon lose their ability
to protect workers from economic and personal abuse, as well as
their significance as a political force. In the Name of Liberty
responds to this worrying state of affairs by presenting a new
argument for unionization, one that derives an argument for
universal unionization in both the private and public sector from
concepts of liberty that we already accept. In short, In the Name
of Liberty reclaims the argument for liberty from the political
right, and shows how liberty not only requires the unionization of
every workplace as a matter of background justice, but also
supports a wide variety of other progressive policies.
For years now, unionization has been under vigorous attack.
Membership has been steadily declining, and with it union
bargaining power. As a result, unions may soon lose their ability
to protect workers from economic and personal abuse, as well as
their significance as a political force. In the Name of Liberty
responds to this worrying state of affairs by presenting a new
argument for unionization, one that derives an argument for
universal unionization in both the private and public sector from
concepts of liberty that we already accept. In short, In the Name
of Liberty reclaims the argument for liberty from the political
right, and shows how liberty not only requires the unionization of
every workplace as a matter of background justice, but also
supports a wide variety of other progressive policies.
This book is the first comprehensive study of the meaning and
measure of enforceability. While we have long debated what
restraints should govern the conduct of our social life, we have
paid relatively little attention to the question of what it means
to make a restraint enforceable. Focusing on the enforceability of
legal rights but also addressing the enforceability of moral rights
and social conventions, Mark Reiff explains how we use punishment
and compensation to make restraints operative in the world. After
describing the various means by which restraints may be enforced,
Reiff explains how the sufficiency of enforcement can be measured,
and he presents a unified theory of deterrence, retribution, and
compensation that shows how these aspects of enforceability are
interconnected. Reiff then applies his theory of enforceability to
illuminate a variety of real-world problem situations.
This book is the first comprehensive study of the meaning and
measure of enforceability. While we have long debated what
restraints should govern the conduct of our social life, we have
paid relatively little attention to the question of what it means
to make a restraint enforceable. Focusing on the enforceability of
legal rights but also addressing the enforceability of moral rights
and social conventions, Mark Reiff explains how we use punishment
and compensation to make restraints operative in the world. After
describing the various means by which restraints may be enforced,
Reiff explains how the sufficiency of enforcement can be measured,
and he presents a unified theory of deterrence, retribution, and
compensation that shows how these aspects of enforceability are
interconnected. Reiff then applies his theory of enforceability to
illuminate a variety of real-world problem situations.
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