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The Fair Society: The Science of Human Nature and the Pursuit of Social Justice de Peter Corning

The Fair Society: The Science of Human Nature and the Pursuit of Social Justice

Autor Peter Corning
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 15 oct 2012
We’ve been told, again and again, that life is unfair. But what if we’re wrong simply to resign ourselves to this situation? What if we have the power—and more, the duty—to change society for the better?

We do. And our very nature inclines us to do so. That’s the provocative argument Peter Corning makes in The Fair Society. Drawing on the evidence from our evolutionary history and the emergent science of human nature, Corning shows that we have an innate sense of fairness. While these impulses can easily be subverted by greed and demagoguery, they can also be harnessed for good. Corning brings together the latest findings from the behavioral and biological sciences to help us understand how to move beyond the Madoffs and Enrons in our midst in order to lay the foundation for a new social contract—a Biosocial Contract built on a deep understanding of human nature and a commitment to fairness. He then proposes a sweeping set of economic and political reforms based on three principles of fairness—equality, equity, and reciprocity—that together could transform our society and our world.

At this crisis point for capitalism, Corning reveals that the proper response to bank bailouts and financial chicanery isn’t to get mad—it’s to get fair.
 
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780226004358
ISBN-10: 022600435X
Pagini: 256
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 20 mm
Greutate: 0.34 kg
Editura: University of Chicago Press
Colecția University of Chicago Press

Notă biografică

Peter Corning is the director of the Institute for the Study of Complex Systems, a one-time writer for Newsweek and professor at Stanford University, and the author of several books.

Cuprins

Preface
1 Life Is Unfair
2 The Idea of Fairness
3 A Brief History of (Un)Fairness
4 Fairness and the Science of Human Nature
5 Human Nature and Our Basic Needs
6 Why Capitalism and Socialism Are Unfair
7 Toward a Biosocial Contract
8 The Future of Fairness: The Fair Society
Epilogue: What Can I Do?
Notes
References
Index