Meaningful work / Andrea Veltman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Veltman, Andrea, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Work--Philosophy.

Work.

Labor--Philosophy.

Labor.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (viii, 237 pages)

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2016.

Summary:

This book develops the view that meaningful work is central in human flourishing. The author defends a pluralistic account of what makes work meaningful, arguing that work can be meaningful in virtue of developing capabilities, supporting virtues, providing a purpose, or integrating elements of a worker's life.

Contents:

1 Introduction

2 Work as a Human Good

3 Autonomous and Oppressive Work

4 What Makes Work Meaningful?

5 Is Meaningful Work Available to All People?

6 Value Pluralism and the Ethical, Social, and Political Implications of the Centrality Thesis

Selected Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed October 17, 2016).

Other Format:

Print version :

ISBN:

0-19-061819-1

0-19-061820-5

0-19-061818-3