Research Catalog
Against fairness
- Title
- Against fairness / Stephen T. Asma.
- Author
- Asma, Stephen T.
- Publication
- Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2013.
- ©2013
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Details
- Description
- x, 208 pages; 23 cm
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Even Jesus had a favorite -- Saints and favorites -- Fairness, tribes, and nephews -- Two classic cases of favoritism -- To thy own tribe be true: biological favoritism -- Moral gravity -- The biochemistry of favoritism -- Humans are wired for favoritism -- A healthy addiction -- Flexible favoritism -- Kin selection -- Rational or emotional motives -- Conflicting brain systems -- Facts and values -- In praise of exceptions -- Building the grid of impartiality -- Going off the grid -- Friendship and favoritism -- Reasonable favoritism -- "But, Dad, that's not fair!" -- The fusion of feelings and ideas -- Sowing the seeds of confusion: sharing -- Sowing the seeds of confusion: open minds -- Envy and fairness -- Excellence, fairness, and favoritism -- The circle of favors: global perspectives -- Chinese favoritism -- Face culture -- Indian favoritism -- Disentangling nepotism and corruption -- Disentangling tribalism and tragedy -- "Your people shall be my people?" -- Minorities, majorities, and favoritism -- Affirmative action and favoritism -- The finite stretch -- Feeling the stones with your feet -- Because you're mine, I walk the line -- The virtues of favoritism -- You can't love humanity. You can only love people -- The future of favoritism -- The archbishop and the chambermaid.
- Call Number
- JFD 13-163
- ISBN
- 9780226029863 (cloth : alkaline paper)
- 0226029867 (cloth : alkaline paper)
- 9780226923468 (e-book) (canceled/invalid)
- 0226923460 (e-book) (canceled/invalid)
- LCCN
- 2012013887
- OCLC
- 783150173
- Author
- Asma, Stephen T.
- Title
- Against fairness / Stephen T. Asma.
- Copyright Date
- Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2013.
- Publisher
- ©2013
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Research Call Number
- JFD 13-163