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- catalog abstract "Mitchell uses examples drawn from history, politics, law, and culture to show how our singular concern with fairness has diminished our sense of vulnerability, so that our ideas of justice, equality, and efficiency are modeled on the capabilities of the strongest in society. Large scale examples-such as blue collar layoffs and corporate downsizing, natural disasters and catastrophic illnesses-illustrate the rickety bridge between comfort and disaster. We must be reminded that we are all vulnerable to the forces of economics, society, politics, and nature. Thus, Mitchell proposes, those who start out at the top tend to stay there, just as the weak tend to remain weak. Stacked Deck does more than outline this problem of American selfishness; it proposes a solution that is nothing less than a massive reconception of the way we relate to one another.".
- catalog alternative "Project Muse UPCC books net".
- catalog contributor b10715790.
- catalog created "1998.".
- catalog date "1998".
- catalog date "1998.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1998.".
- catalog description "Acknowledgments -- Series Editor's Foreword -- Introd. -- The Big Myth -- The Myth's Dark Underside -- The Myth Lives in the Law: Private Law -- The Myth Lives in the Law: Public Law -- Liberal Philosophy's Fundamental Mistake -- Vulnerability: The Heart of the Matter -- Vulnerability and American Liberalism -- The Selfishness Surplus: A Matter of Choice -- Fairness and Games -- Fairness, Trust, and Responsibility -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 231-244) and index.".
- catalog description "Mitchell uses examples drawn from history, politics, law, and culture to show how our singular concern with fairness has diminished our sense of vulnerability, so that our ideas of justice, equality, and efficiency are modeled on the capabilities of the strongest in society. Large scale examples-such as blue collar layoffs and corporate downsizing, natural disasters and catastrophic illnesses-illustrate the rickety bridge between comfort and disaster. We must be reminded that we are all vulnerable to the forces of economics, society, politics, and nature. Thus, Mitchell proposes, those who start out at the top tend to stay there, just as the weak tend to remain weak. Stacked Deck does more than outline this problem of American selfishness; it proposes a solution that is nothing less than a massive reconception of the way we relate to one another.".
- catalog extent "xiv, 249 p. ;".
- catalog identifier "1566395925 (cl. : alk. paper)".
- catalog isPartOf "America in transition (Philadelphia, Pa.)".
- catalog isPartOf "America in transition".
- catalog issued "1998".
- catalog issued "1998.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Philadelphia : Temple University Press,".
- catalog subject "340/.1 21".
- catalog subject "Fairness.".
- catalog subject "Justice.".
- catalog subject "K247 .M58 1998".
- catalog subject "Law Philosophy.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Acknowledgments -- Series Editor's Foreword -- Introd. -- The Big Myth -- The Myth's Dark Underside -- The Myth Lives in the Law: Private Law -- The Myth Lives in the Law: Public Law -- Liberal Philosophy's Fundamental Mistake -- Vulnerability: The Heart of the Matter -- Vulnerability and American Liberalism -- The Selfishness Surplus: A Matter of Choice -- Fairness and Games -- Fairness, Trust, and Responsibility -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.".
- catalog title "Stacked deck : a story of selfishness in America / Lawrence E. Mitchell.".
- catalog type "text".