Against Fairness

by Stephen T. Asma

Book Overview

From the school yard to the workplace, there's no charge more damning than "you're being unfair " Born out of democracy and raised in open markets, fairness has become our de facto modern creed. The very symbol of American ethics--Lady Justice--wears a blindfold as she weighs the law on her impartial scale. In our zealous pursuit of fairness, we have banished our urges to like one person more than another, one thing over another, hiding them...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226029867
• ISBN13: 9780226029863
• Release Date: November 2012
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.8" x 8.6"