Exploitation / / Alan Wertheimer.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press eBook-Package Archive 1927-1999
• VerfasserIn: Wertheimer, Alan,
• Place / Publishing House: Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2021]; ©1996
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (336 p.) :; 23 line illus. 2 tables

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.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgment -- CHAPTER ONE Overview -- PART ONE: Contexts -- CHAPTER TWO Unconscionable Contracts -- CHAPTER THREE The Exploitation of Student Athletes -- CHAPTER FOUR Commercial Surrogacy -- CHAPTER FIVE Unconstitutional Conditions -- CHAPTER SIX Sexual Exploitation in Psychotherapy -- PART TWO: A Theory of Exploitation -- CHAPTER SEVEN Unfair Transactions -- CHAPTER EIGHT Consent -- CHAPTER NINE Moral Weight and Moral Force -- Index